On This Day | In 2015, China announces end to one-child policy – from the SCMP archive
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Ten years ago, Chinese officials revealed they were ending the controversial one-child policy in a bid to reverse slowing population growth.

This article was first published on October 29, 2015 by Cary Huang China puts an end to its one-child policy The main­land will abol­ish its dec­ades-old, con­tro­ver­sial one-child policy and allow all couples to have two chil­dren, Com­mun­ist Party lead­ers said on October 29, 2015 after they wrapped up a four-day annual poli­cy­mak­ing meeting. The fifth plenum of the party’s 18th Cent­ral Com­mit­tee also endorsed a new five-year eco­nomic plan, accord­ing to a communique released by…

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