Second-child policy will restore social balance

The change in the family planning policy, which allows couples across China to have two children, is one of the biggest policy developments in the past five years. The comprehensive reforms, which includes the easing of the one-child policy, were unveiled at the Third Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee in 2013.

The one-child policy was implemented in the late 1970s to check the rise in China's population. And the decision to ease it shows the wisdom and spirit of the Party with Xi Jinping as the core to overcome the increasingly severe demographic challenge the country faces today.

The low fertility rate under the one-child policy became the "demographic new normal", which today is not conducive to building a harmonious society.