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China announces three-child limit in major policy shift

Sarah Best

9th June 2021

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In a major policy announcement since the release of the Census data in China only recently, couples will now be permitted to have up to three children.

Although China's population has increased over the past ten years, the overall figure of children being born has slowed. This is a development from the scrapping of the one-child policy in 2015.

This article could be used for the Families and Households unit (demographics), and Global Development.

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Sarah Best

Sarah is a passionate full-time Head of Sociology and Psychology and has worked in a variety in schools in the UK, and she is currently working in a British international school. She is keen to develop and boost the profile of both subjects.