China will allow couples to have up to three children to "respond to aging population"

The Government of China announced this Monday that it will allow couples to have up to three children, in a change from its harsh birth policies that aims to "respond to the aging of the population" in the Asian giant. The decision has been adopted by the Political Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which has stressed that the objectives include "improving the population structure" and "preserving the advantages in human resources in the country," as reported by the Chinese news agency Xinhua. , stressed that "policies on births will be improved" and has stressed that "a policy will be introduced that allows couples to have three children, along with support measures." The CCP has also advocated for postponing the retirement date. China's National Bureau of Statistics has indicated that 12 million people were born in 2020, down from 14.6 million in 2019, down to 1.3 million. children per woman, as reported in the newspaper 'The South China Morning Post', the Chinese authorities have reformed their harsh birth policies in recent years, which for years prevented families from having more than one child. Thus, in 2016 it authorized couples to have a second child.