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Shanghai to launch new birth policy in March

Shanghai joins the club of loosening the one-child policy in Chinaallowing couples to have asecond baby if either parent is an only childxinmin.cn reported.

An amendment to the Shanghai Municipal Population and Family Planning Regulation wasapproved on Tuesday by Shanghai Municipal People's Congressmaking the internationalfinancial hub the 7th region to update China's family planning policyfollowing ZhejiangJiangxiand Anhui provincesas well as the municipalities of Tianjin and Beijing plus Guangxi Zhuangautonomous regionThe new policy will take effect on March 1.


Shanghai to launch new birth policy in March


First two-child policy baby inAnhui


According to the revised regulationthe two-child policy will covernot only rural residentsbut also urban couples with a Shanghaihukouor permanent residence permitShanghai's policy will bedifferent from Beijing's new birth regulationwhich started Friday

Prospective two-child families in Shanghai are allowed to havechildren with no gapsIn Beijingcouples must wait until the motherturns 28 or until the first child is 4 years old to have a second one.

The Shanghai legislature's move is seen as part of the localauthoritiesefforts to raise the fertility rate and ease the financial burden of a rapidly agingpopulation.

Shanghai has seen an alarming rise in the aging populationBy the end of 2012, there wereabout 3.6 million residents 60 and olderaccounting for 25.7% of the populationBy the end of2015, this percentage is expected to rise to 30%.

In 1979, Shanghai took the lead in fulfilling the one-child policywhich has reduced 7 million birthssince then in Shanghaiaccording to Xu Jianguangdirector of the Shanghai Municipal Healthand Family Planning Commission.

A recent poll shows that 75,000 to 150,000 additional babies will be born each year in Shanghaiwith the new policy in place.


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