英闻天下——597 New Policy for Birth Registrations

The Chinese Year of the Snake is fast approaching. Because it is believed that babies born during this year are wise, talented, and attractive, the government expects a surge in the number of births in the country. Huang Meihua, a migrant worker who

英闻天下——600 Shenzhen to Adopt New Family Planning Policy

The regulation is regarded as the first local law to make clear the issue of violating the state one-child policy by giving birth outside of China's mainland. It stipulates that couples who violate the family planning policy by giving birth outside o

英闻天下——557 Caring for Families that Lost Their Only Child

Due to China's One Child Policy adopted in 1979, millions of families gave birth to only one child. If such families lose the child, or the child becomes disabled after the parents lose their childbearing ability, they will become a Shi Du Jia Ting,

China to Improve Population Policy Based on Actual Conditions

Experts in China are suggesting a looser population policy is unlikely to create a surge of new births. The suggestion is being made amid potential plans by the government to loosen up this country's family-planning rules this year. CRI's Lucy Du has

英闻天下——44 New Policy for Birth Registrations

The Chinese Year of the Snake is fast approaching. Because it is believed that babies born during this year are wise, talented, and attractive, the government expects a surge in the number of births in the country. Huang Meihua, a migrant worker who

英闻天下——34 Shenzhen to Adopt New Family Planning Policy

The regulation is regarded as the first local law to make clear the issue of violating the state one-child policy by giving birth outside of China's mainland. It stipulates that couples who violate the family planning policy by giving birth outside o

2015年CRI Two-child Policy Expected to Be Approved by Lawmakers

As of the end of 2014, the number of people over 60 years old in China had reached 212 million, accounting for 15.5 percent of the total population. Of the 212 million, around one-in-five were considered either disabled or partially-disabled. Relaxat

2015年CRI ＂Two-child＂ Policy to be Released Next Year

Reporter: A universal two-child policy is expected to be passed by the top legislature by the end of the week as it concludes its latest bimonthly session on Sunday. The new rules would come into effect on January 1. Zhai Zhenwu, Head of the China Po

2015年CRI ＂Two-child Policy＂ Prompts Calls for Family-friendly Workplace Regulations

The so-called one-child policy was brought into law in the late 1970's as a way to limit population growth, given that the economy at the time was just starting to open up to the outside world, and the domestic resources, particularly in urban areas,

经济学人46:中国人口,出乎意料的人口危机

China's population中国人口 The most surprising demographic crisis出乎意料的人口危机 A new census raises questions about the future of Chinas one-child policy 新的人口普查结果对中国独生子女政策的未来提出了质疑 DOE

二胎政策需相规管配合

The so-called one-child policy was brought into law in the late 1970's as a way to limit population growth, given that the economy at the time was just starting to open up to the outside world, and the domestic resources, particularly in urban areas,

北京市超五万对夫妇申请生二胎

More than 53,000 couples in Beijing have applied for a second child since the city changed its birth control policy in early 2014. 自2014年年初北京实行新的二胎政策以来，已有53,000对夫妻申请生育二胎。 By the end of Septemb

中国夫妇考虑生二胎的成本

A survey by the China Youth Daily shows over 80-percent of those asked are mostly concerned about the high cost of a 2nd child. Even though we are eligible to have a second baby, we can't afford it. It is too expensive to send a second child to a goo

Time to loosen family planning policy: think tank

Time to loosen family planning policy: think tank BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China should consider adjusting its family planning policy, as structural problems have overtaken excessive growth as the most significant population-related problem, a go

全面二孩政策实施一年 年底将进入生育高峰期

China is likely to encounter a peak in births at the end of 2016, one year after the implementation of the country's two-child policy. 在距离二孩政策执行一年之后，中国很有可能在今年年底迎来生育高峰。 According to Yuan

二孩的好处The Good Sides of Second Child

In my family, there are only three people, my parents and I. because of my parents work, they could only have one child at that time, so I dont have any siblings. I felt so lonely when my parents went out for their work. Now the government changed th

2015年CRI China Considers to Loose Second Child Policy

Currently, one in ten Chinese citizens is 65 or above. And this proportion is likely to increase to one third by the year of 2050. Meanwhile, the working population is also aging. Wang Jun, professor at Sun Yat-Sen University, says this trend would p

2015年CRI New Family Planning Policy to Benefit China's Overall Growth: Official

On Thursday, the Communist Party of China announced a plan to abolish the decades-long One-Child Policy, allowing all couples to have two children. The announcement came amid increasing concerns over China's rapidly aging population and shrinking wor

2016年CRI Two-child policy creates baby boom in China

Chinese lawmakers announced plans to eliminate the One Child Policy last year, replacing it with new regulations, which allow all couples in China to have two children. Now the impact of the new policy, which took effect this year, is already visible

2016年CRI Two-Child Policy Highlighted at the NPC Session

Song Qiuxia is a white-collar worker living in Guangdong province. She and her husband just had their little girl last year, and she is not enthusiastic about the new policy. I won't even consider having a second child! Raising a kid can be very expe