Zhejiang has become the first province to relax family planning policy, following revisions to family planning law by China’s Central Government in November last year. Under the new rules, couples where one partner is an only child will now be allowed to have a second child.
Beijing’s municipal people’s congress is also expected to review local family planning regulations next month, with the new rules to be implemented as early as March. Meanwhile, legislators in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have already passed legislation allowing families to have a second child this week. Previously, China only allowed couples to have a second child if both partners were only children.