China on Tuesday stopped requiring couples to apply for official approval before having a first or second child, following the abolition of the one-child policy.
Chinese lawmakers adopted an amended family planning law Sunday, a historic move allowing all couples to have two children amid efforts of balancing the country's population structure.
Debate is raging over a draft amendment to China's population and family planning law following the government decision to drop the one-child policy.
Chinese lawmakers are considering amending the family planning law to advocate couples having two children amid efforts to counter shrinkage of the work force and ageing population.
Researchers worry new births will prove 'too little and too late'.Employers and local governments don't need experts to tell them about the impact of the "one-child" family planning policy on the labor force.
Despite the planned universal two-child policy, many young couples are reluctant to have a second child because of concerns including the possibility of a lower standard of living, a survey has found.
China's sperm banks are already facing a dearth of donors, and a government proposal to end the country's decades-old one-child policy may put more pressure on the institutions.
China will allow all couples to have two children, abandoning its decades-long one-child policy, the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced after a key meeting on Thursday.
More than 53,000 couples in Beijing have applied for a second child since the city changed its birth control policy in early 2014.
While Cambodia marginally stepped up efforts to combat child labour in 2014, a lack of resources and corruption remain massive impediments to the fight, according to a report released by the United States Department of Labor last week.
Doctors in east China's Jiangsu Province recently used a 3D-printed heart to plan a surgery for a nine-month old baby with congenital heart disease.
China will explore a new method to share the responsibility of elderly care for single-child families as it seeks to tackle the swelling senior population, a health authority publication reported Thursday.
A new peak in births is likely to occur as a result of the relaxing of the family planning policy and could continue for several years, according to experts.
The first child to be taken from her parents under the nation's new child protection laws now has a reason to smile - she will be raised by the woman who helped her escape a life of abuse.
Industry experts are worried about the improper use of drugs for children at home, and advise parents to consult pediatricians in dosage to protect children from any risks.
A woman aborted her second baby in central China's Hubei Province after her 13-year-old daughter threatened to commit suicide.
China's relaxation of its one-child birth control policy after three decades has not resulted in a baby boom as officials once feared.
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