In early 2016 China relaxed its one-child policy, giving permission to women to have two children. There was a slight rise in the number of births that year, but then a decrease last year--no surge after the change in policy.
So policy seems to be changing again, predicted to allow families to have any number of children. People's Daily, "mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party," warned that "the impact of low birth rates on the economy and society has begun to show."
"China's pool of workers is shrinking, with many young people supporting their parents and two sets of grandparents, in a country where social services for the elderly are still lacking. In 2017, the country's total fertility rate was 1.6 children per woman, well below the 2.1 rate estimated to be necessary to keep the population steady.
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