New birth policy not for couples with multiple kids  

卫计委：第一胎生双胞胎将不能再生二胎

新的生育政策方案出台后，引发了多方关注。双胞胎家庭能否再生育二胎？究竟是单独二胎还是单独两孩？针对市民的疑问，卫计委相关人士昨日表示，“单独两孩”不等同于“单独二胎”。如果“单独家庭”的第一胎生的是双胞胎或多胞胎，那该家庭不再适用次新政。 [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.