2015年CRI Two-child Policy Expected to Be Approved by Lawmakers

 

As of the end of 2014, the number of people over 60 years old in China had reached 212 million, accounting¹ for 15.5 percent of the total population. 

Of the 212 million, around one-in-five were considered either disabled or partially-disabled. 

Relaxation² 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. 

Li Bin³, head of National Health and Family Planning Commission, says the decision to eliminate the one-child policy will also bring with it other considerations for parents. 

"Couples who are allowed to have two children will be entitled to longer marriage and maternity⁴ leave if they have the second baby." 

Under the current laws, people who marry later or delay having kids are given more time off for weddings and maternity leave. 

Li Bin says these articles are going to be eliminated from the new draft, but says there are some exceptions. 

"The amendment⁵ will not affect the welfare programs enjoyed by the elderly whose family abides⁶ by the current family planning law, parents who have only one child and parents whose only child is disabled or dead." 

At the same time, embryo⁷ harvesting or surrogacy will remain illegal.

Those caught could face fines or even jail time. 

The new two-child policy is expected to add an extra 30 million more people to the labor⁸ force by 2050. 

It's also going to decrease China's elderly population by around 2-percent. 

For CRI, this is Wang Mengzhen.

1 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 relaxation   

n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐

参考例句：

• The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 maternity   

n.母性，母道，妇产科病房；adj.孕妇的，母性的

参考例句：

• Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
• Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。

5 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

6 abides   

容忍( abide的第三人称单数 )； 等候； 逗留； 停留

参考例句：

• He abides by his friends. 他忠于朋友。
• He always abides by the law. 他素来守法。

7 embryo   

n.胚胎，萌芽的事物

参考例句：

• They are engaging in an embryo research.他们正在进行一项胚胎研究。
• The project was barely in embryo.该计划只是个雏形。

8 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。