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.
