“In future, all couples will be allowed to have two children,” it said. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences had earlier suggested a two-child solution to the problem of ageing population and a falling birth rate. On average, Chinese women give birth to one child but a birth rate of two children is needed for a stable population. The one-child policy was introduced in the 1970s to prevent a population explosion in the country. According to estimates, without the policy, China‘s current 1.3 billion population would have had around 300 million more people.]]>