China To Relax One-Child Policy
State media says two children will be allowed in a family if one of the parents was an only child
China is to relax its policy of restricting most couples to have only a single child, state media say.
In future, families will be allowed two children if one parent is an only child, says the Xinhua news agency.
The one-child policy already exempts rural dwellers and ethnic minorities.
The move comes after this week's meeting of a key decision-making body of the governing Communist Party. Other reforms include the abolition of "re-education through labour" camps.
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