Two-child policy expected to be approved by top legislature

All couples in China are encouraged to have two children, according to a draft amendment to China’s national law on population and family planning proposed to China’s top legislature for review on Monday.

周一，人口与计划生育法修正案草案的议案已提交中国最高立法机关审议，根据修正草案，国家提倡一对夫妻生育两个子女。

China’s top leadership announced the universal two-child policy at a meeting in late October, but it has to be approved by the National People’s Congress before it becomes law.

在10月底召开的一项会议上， 中央领导层宣布了全面二孩政策，但它必须由全国人大审议通过后才能进行相关法律修订。

It is widely expected that the draft revision could be passed when the legislature closes its biomonthly session on Sunday.

为期两个月的全国人大常委会第十八次会议在周日闭幕之时，修正草案通过之后，新法施行之日即生效之日。

The draft, proposed by the State Council, China’s Cabinet, to the National People’s Congress for review, said couples who have two children can enjoy longer maternity leave. It also said couples could have more than two children if they are eligible.

该修正法案由中国国务院提请全国人大进行审议，草案中规定，符合政策生育二孩的夫妻可享受延长生育假的奖励。草案中还表示，符合法律法规规定条件的夫妻可生育两个以上子女。

The draft said the two-child policy would come into force on Jan 1.

草案表示，全面二孩政策将于2016年1月1日实施。

Relaxation of the family planning policy is expected to provide part of the solution to the challenge of an aging population, and to become a new driver for the economy in the long run.

计划生育政策的宽松为人口老龄化问题提供了解决途径，更为中国经济的长久发展提供了支持。

By the end of 2014, the number of people over 60 years of age had reached 212 million, accounting for 15.5 percent of the total population. Of those, about 40 million were disabled or partly disabled.

截至2014年底，60岁以上年龄的人口已达2.12亿，占总人口的15.5%，其中包括4000万残疾人士或部分残疾人士。

The new two-child policy could increase economic growth rate by 0.5 percentage points through reducing China’s dependency ratio, said National Health and Family Planning Commission in November.

国家卫计委11月表示，新的二孩政策通过减少中国的赡养和受赡养比率，可促进经济增长0.5个百分点。

The change in policy is expected to mean over 30 million more people in the labor force by 2050 and an decrease of 2 percentage points in the share of elderly of Chinese population, said Wang Pei’an, deputy head of the commission.

人口政策的变化将意味着到2050年将有3000多万劳动力，老龄人口比例将下降两个百分点，卫计委副主任王培安表示。

The draft also forbids surrogacy in any form, and forbids buying or selling of sperm, eggs, fertilized eggs and embryos. It allows authorized medical institutions to conduct assisted reproductive procedures after approval from provincial-level health authorities.

草案还明确禁止以任何形式实施代孕，禁止买卖精子、卵子、受精卵和胚胎；允许授权的医??疗机构在省级卫生行政部门批准后实施辅助生殖。

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来源:China Daily 双语新闻爱语吧作者:Lylian