China’s two-child policy has brought a much-needed relief to policymakers as it helped to bolster country’s population last year. The two-child policy, which replaced the controversial one-child policy, was introduced in 2013 as a solution for China’s aging population.
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China’s population of new born babies reached to 17.86 million in 2016, a healthy jump of 1.4 million compared to the 2011-2015 average, according to Yang Wenzhuang, a division director at the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
« While the total number of women of childbearing age fell by 5 million, the number of births increased significantly, showing that the family planning policy adjustments were extremely timely and extremely effective, » Yang told reporters.
Yang said the government is hopeful that it will manage to keep birth rates at around 17-20 million in the coming years.
