This is estimated to apply to around 10 million couples. The local demographic situation is also expected to be considered. This decision was preceded by a meeting of the top Communist Party officials in November. The “one child policy” was for 35 years the possibility to dramatically influence the birth rate in this country confronted with big problems related to the work places need and the possibility to have a satisfactory standard of living for its population.
Currently, China has an unbalanced proportion between males and females, 115 boys exist for every 100 girls.
Another important decision taken now by China’s top legislative committee was the abolition of the “re-education through labor camps”, introduced more than a half century ago and long criticized by the human rights groups. In 2009 it was estimated that 190,000 people were held in the camps.
