China does away with family planning offices |
China`s health commission is getting rid of three offices that were previously dedicated to family planning, it announced late on Sep 9, the latest signal that Beijing may further reduce restrictions on childbirth to combat an aging population. State media has hinted in recent weeks that China, the world`s most populous nation, may be preparing to end its decades-long policy of determining the number of children that couples can have. Last month, speculation of a further easing mounted after a new stamp unveiled by China Post featured a family of two pigs with three cheerful piglets, followed weeks later by a draft of the civil code dropping all mentions of family planning. Three offices responsible for grassroots implementation of family planning policies have been removed from the new structure of China`s National Health Commission.
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