China will loosen its longstanding policy of restricting the number of babies a couple may have.
A key decision making body of the Communist Party met this week, bringing about new reforms.
China’s “re-education through labour” camps will also be abolished, and the role of the private sector in the economy will be boosted.
The one-child policy would be "adjusted and improved step by step to promote 'long-term balanced development of the population in China'", according to Xinhua.
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