Removal of family planning in draft doesn't mean end of policy

Removing stipulations regarding family planning from a draft civil code does not indicate China will end its family planning policy, legislators and law professors said on Tuesday.

Family planning-related clauses in the current Marriage Law and Adoption Law have been dropped in a draft of the marriage section of the civil code.

The draft is among six sections of the code that were submitted to the top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, for a first reading on Monday.