China labour market to benefit from one-child policy relaxation
18 November 2013
China has relaxed its longstanding one-child policy in a move that it says will aid economic growth and an improved labour market.
Mon, 18 Nov 2013China has relaxed its longstanding one-child policy in a move that it says will aid economic growth and an improved labour market.
This is according to state news agency Xinhua, and comes three months after recruiter.co.uk reported that the measure was being considered.
Professor Zhang Chewei from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says: “The adjustment of the one-child policy will have a positive effect in the long term. Its advantage will show maybe in 15 years. The proportion of the labour force in the whole population will change slowly. It will also help economic growth.”
Xinhua notes that China’s labour force decreased by over 3.4m in 2012, the first year of decline.
China introduced its one-child policy at the end of the 1970s to curb rapid population growth. However, although strictly enforced, there have been exceptions. For example, in the countryside if the first child is a girl, a second child is allowed. And in some cities in recent years, if both parents are single children then couple have the option of having two children.
Click for more on in-house recruiter Greg Allen’s take on what the one-child policy means for entrants into China's labour market.
This is according to state news agency Xinhua, and comes three months after recruiter.co.uk reported that the measure was being considered.
Professor Zhang Chewei from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says: “The adjustment of the one-child policy will have a positive effect in the long term. Its advantage will show maybe in 15 years. The proportion of the labour force in the whole population will change slowly. It will also help economic growth.”
Xinhua notes that China’s labour force decreased by over 3.4m in 2012, the first year of decline.
China introduced its one-child policy at the end of the 1970s to curb rapid population growth. However, although strictly enforced, there have been exceptions. For example, in the countryside if the first child is a girl, a second child is allowed. And in some cities in recent years, if both parents are single children then couple have the option of having two children.
Click for more on in-house recruiter Greg Allen’s take on what the one-child policy means for entrants into China's labour market.
