Posted on 07/04/21
| News Source: The Hill
China is considering ending its limits on childbirth by 2025 after finding its population growth is slowing down.
People familiar with the internal discussions told The Wall Street Journal the country could completely eliminate its childbirth restrictions at the end of the government’s current five-year economic plan.
China’s National Bureau of Statistics found in May the country’s birth rate dropped for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2020.
Sources told the Journal that China would start easing restrictions in areas with the lowest birth rates before moving to other provinces.
China has an aging population due to its policies to sterilize women, force abortions on them, fine and give jail time to those who break rules surrounding giving birth.