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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country has approved a three-child policy and has marked a major policy shift to prevent a steep decline in the birth rate in the country?
A
China
B
Japan
C
Germany
D
USA
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The changes come in the wake of China’s once-in-ten year population census that recorded rapidly declining birth rates over the past decade.

Detailed explanation-2: -Three-child policy (Chinese: ; pinyin: Sānhái Zhèngcè), whereby a couple can have three children, was a family planning policy in the People’s Republic of China.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term one-child policy refers to a population planning initiative in China implemented between 1980 and 2015 to curb the country’s population growth by restricting many families to a single child.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Decision of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and of the State Council by which the three-child policy was approved (dated 26 June 2021), the intention is to bring the sex ratio at birth back to a normal level by preventing the elimination of female foetuses.

Detailed explanation-5: -The universal two-child policy was enacted in October 2015, which allowed all families to have two children. The impacts of China’s birth policy would be twofold. Firstly, the effects on fertility rate.

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