China´s fertility rate is 1.5 as one of the nations with the lowest fertility rate

"The fertility rate in China is as low as Britain´s and France´s, and the policy in this country needs to be adjusted as soon as possible." An analyst said.

A solution to ageing society

Increasing the birth rate may help to mitigate problems such as a decreasing labor force appearing in an aging society but, for a certain time, China, has already been moving toward being an aging country, and will not lack workers, for the population base is large.

Parenthood comes with a price too high to pay

With skyrocketing real estate prices, food prices and other essentials rapidly inflating, it hardly comes as a surprise that many families choose to stick with raising only one child, despite being now allowed to have a second.

Grandparents wish to see large families

"It would be nice to have two children in a family. They could grow up together and take care of each other. In our generation, my parents raised several kids. Young parent nowadays think too much of themselves, they just don’t want to shoulder more responsibilities."

"It seems impossible that this new policy will lead to a population boom. The reason is that all the province in China except Henan have implemented the policy years ago, it the birth rate of the provinces did not show big increase. It means that the young couples have changed their ideas to have more children, and they want to enjoy their own lives..."

-- Professor Qiao Xiaochun, from the Population Research Institute at Peking University

"This new policy is not good news for everyone, as many Chinese still think the country is overpopulated and there are valid concerns of how more people will affect quality of life and access to opportunities as China develops."

-- CCTV reporter Li Kefu