China's two-child policy works

link: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-10/31/content_27227511.htm

     When China relaxed its four-decade one-child policy at the start of 2016, because the population is aging currently. There were a variety of predictions on whether the change in family planning rules would encourage enough people to have a second child. Even though the recent urban generation are less willing to raise more than one kid due to the increased costs and new lifestyles. According to the birthrate, in the first half of 2016, the proportion of Chinese newborns who were second children grew to 44.7 percent of total newborns, a 6.9 percent increase in the whole year of 2015. 
     A total of 8.31 million newborns were registered nationwide this year by the end of June, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. Available data indicate it's the highest proportion of second children since China introduced its family planning policies in the late 1970s, limiting most couples to just one child, the commission told China Daily. Although the government is encouraging more newborn babies, the resources such as nature resources or like government benefits are limited. Thinking about the social security system we just talked about last Thursday, the more aging people would cause extra burdens on the social security. The government needs to come out some new plans to deal with the increasing population as well as the aging population.