Xinhua: Beijing to 'improve' one-child policy

Beijing’s policymakers are looking to “improve the one-child policy” by allowing second children in some families, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a Friday report by official Xinhua News Agency. “Our commission is organizing research on the size, quality, structure and distribution of the population so that we can propose plans to improve the [one-child] policy,” said Mao Qun’an, director of the propaganda office at the National Health and Family Planning Commission. There were media reports Friday stating that such moves could be expected either late this year or next year. In many rural areas, the one-child restrictions are routinely ignored, though cities are more tightly enforced.