Grieving parents to get care, spiritual comfort Government

will assign liaisons to help families whose only child has died or become disabled

As millions of couples are considering welcoming a second child under China's universal two-child policy, the government is moving to take better care of bereaved parents whose only child died or became disabled.

Every household "living with special difficulties" because of previous family planning policies and which will not choose another birth or adoption, will have two officials from the local village or urban district assigned as liaisons, according to a circular released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission on Tuesday.