BEIJING — China’s top health authority said on Thursday that it will support efforts by the country’s northeastern region to fend off challenges posed by low birthrates and the dwindling population by experimenting in fully relaxing the family planning policy.
The National Health Commission said that Northeast Chinaencompassing Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provincescan put forward trial plans to encourage local families to have more than two children, after extensive research and analysis.
Expert research will focus on the policy’s effects on local economic development, social stability, resource and environmental strategy and the public services sector, the commission sa…
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