It’s about time for three-child policy, say experts

Three’s company: A boy sitting on a chair amongst sculptures at a shopping mall on International Children’s Day in Beijing a day before China announced it would allow couples to have three children. — AFP

BEIJING: China’s universal three-child policy is expected to be a timely and effective step to arrest the decline in the nation’s birthrate and address the challenge of a rapidly ageing population, officials and demographers said.

They also called for stronger and more comprehensive support measures to encourage couples to have more children and reduce the burden of rearing children.