BBC: Who Can Have More Than One Child?
Part three from the BBC series explains who can have more than one child, and under what circumstances:
Grey areas in China's one-child policy
"There are different guidelines and different government policies," he added.
Mr Wang explained that only 35.9% of the population is limited to having just one child. These people live mainly in urban areas.
Many rural couples, accounting for 52.9% of the population, are able to have two children if the first one is a girl, he said.
In other provinces, parents can have two children regardless of the sex of the first child, and in a few areas the rules are even more relaxed.
Grey areas in China's one-child policy "There are different guidelines and different government policies," he added.
Mr Wang explained that only 35.9% of the population is limited to having just one child. These people live mainly in urban areas.
Many rural couples, accounting for 52.9% of the population, are able to have two children if the first one is a girl, he said.
In other provinces, parents can have two children regardless of the sex of the first child, and in a few areas the rules are even more relaxed.
posted by Ray at 5:26 PM
1 Comments:
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I've often wondered what the breakdown is.
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