China's One Child Policy to be Relaxed

The China's One Child policy that was implemented in the 1970s was very successful in terms of reducing China's birth rate but is now causing another problem. Because of the low birth rate the China's population became a population that rapidly ages, which might lead to "reduce of the labour pool and exacerbate elderly care issues" (BBC News). Because of this the government has decided to relax on the policy. This is great example of a country's change from one policy to another in order to control the demographic make-up of a country. China's one child policy was a success and has worked thanks to the strict enforcement. They have reduced their population over the years but now they need to reduce the population's age. I think China's doing a great job in terms of controlling their demographic make-up: they have not stopped the one child policy but only decided to relax on it. This will allow them to achieve two goals at the same time. The relax on the policy will lower the population's age but since the policy is still in place, the reduction of the population would continue.