China’s plan to relax its controversial decades-long, one-child policy has taken a significant step forward, with the country’s top legislative body poised to approve its implementation early next year.
The changes to the rules, first announced last month, will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was an only child, according to CNN. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child.
According to CNN, The State Council, China’s cabinet, submitted the bill on “adjusting and improving the family planning policy” to the bi-monthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) — the country’s most powerful decision-making body.
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