The British and American media are paying attention to China's liberalization of the "two-child policy", and domestic scholars have commented that the "impact is limited"

The "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Comprehensively Deepening...

" reviewed and approved by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that the key meeting of China's decision-making body came to an end this week, and the "Decision" document known as China's blueprint for the next stage of reform has been disclosed. Breakthrough measures were decided at the meeting, including the abolition of the re-education through labor system and the nationwide promotion of the "two-child policy".

>The BBC introduced in detail that China began to implement the family planning policy in the 1970s. In most cases, one child is per family, but ethnic minorities can have more than one child per family.

British Sky TV pointed out that China’s decision on the second-child policy will be a major policy adjustment. China will also abolish the reeducation through labor system that has been implemented for decades.

A commentary in the New York Times stated that the Chinese government’s policy changes on relaxing the family planning policy and abolishing the labor reeducation system are two important reforms related to China’s people’s livelihood.

The New York Times article pointed out that China has implemented a policy of raising one child per family for urban residents for many years, but now, the policy is being relaxed year by year. Previously, a family could only have two children if both parents were the only child in their respective families, but now, as long as one parent is the only child, they can also have two children.

Wang Guangzhou (transliteration), a demographer at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with the New York Times that this is the first time the central government has liberalized the family planning policy since 1970. It is of great significance, but the specific methods of how to operate it still need further research.

Domestic experts are generally optimistic about liberalizing the "individual" second-child policy. They believe that this policy has played a beneficial role in macroeconomic and social development. Low fertility levels have led to an imbalance in the age of the population, making society more aging, and insufficient labor supply. As a result, the problem of elderly care has become more prominent. The improvement of fertility level will alleviate these social problems.

The launch of the "individual" two-child policy will have what impact on China's population growth? "The policy has just been introduced, and the fertility level will rebound to a certain extent in the short term, but as time goes by, the policy effect will slowly fade and weaken." Zhou Haiwang, deputy director of the Institute of Population and Development of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that this improvement and rebound are also affected by geography, and will have a greater impact on cities than in rural areas. However, for cities such as Shanghai with relatively developed economies and originally low fertility rates, the impact is very limited. In contrast, the impact is greater in second-tier cities.