The latest census data showed that new births in China fell to 12 million last year – the lowest number since the 1960s. Photo: Xinhua
China passes revised law allowing couples to have up to 3 children
- Amendment approved by top legislative body also includes support measures to encourage people to have bigger families
- But demographer says it may not be enough to reverse fertility decline and calls for population control to be scrapped
The latest census data showed that new births in China fell to 12 million last year – the lowest number since the 1960s. Photo: Xinhua
