Ask the government for permission to have a child. It seems a lie, but it is what many Chinese couples have done in recent years to have a second child, if they met certain requirements. Before, decades of fines, forced abortions and a large increase in sterilizations. But, finally, the obstacles will disappear and China eliminates the one-child policy.
In 1976, this restrictive and controversial policy was approved, which, according to the Chinese authorities, has managed to stabilize the birth rate in the country and allow its economic take-off. But, at present, it seeks to balance the development of the population, since there is an important disproportion between the number of men and women, being the most numerous men.
This measure is also intended to respond to the problem of population aging, since the number of people below the retirement age continues to decline year after year, which means that the active population is insufficient to maintain balance.
In China, the one-child policy has always had some exceptions, as in the case of the rural environment or ethnic minorities. In 2013 the Chinese government accepted that those couples in which one or two of the members were only children could also have two descendants.
Now, the restrictions are over, since After the four-day meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, all couples who wish to have two children are allowed. The bags have not been slow to react and are already uploaded in food and child hygiene companies, which see how great potential opens up.
But will this measure have the effect that the country's authorities are looking for? Because at this point, the culture of one child has spread in Chinese society and is also more expensive than before raising a second offspring.
Either way, the important thing is that Chinese couples can finally choose whether or not to have a second child, opening the door to a fundamental right. Hopefully, in a few years, problems like those of babies having to find a wife or that of selective abortions are part of the past.
