New birth policy not for couples with multiple kids  

衛計委：第一胎生雙胞胎將不能再生二胎

新的生育政策方案出臺后，引發了多方關注。雙胞胎家庭能否再生育二胎？究竟是單獨二胎還是單獨兩孩？針對市民的疑問，衛計委相關人士昨日表示，“單獨兩孩”不等同于“單獨二胎”。如果“單獨家庭”的第一胎生的是雙胞胎或多胞胎，那該家庭不再適用次新政。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- China's reformed one-child policy will not apply to couples who already have more than one child, even if one of the couple is an only child, according to an official from the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC) in Beijing on Tuesday.

According to a key reform officially announced last Friday, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has given the green light to couples wanting to have two children if one of them is an only child, a significant change to the current one-child policy.

However, family planning and population control remains a basic state policy for China, the official said.

The existing family planning policy was implemented to control the number of newborns in the country, the official added.