---- Eine chinesische Paare und ihre einzige Tochter sind in einem Park in Hangzhou city gesehen, East China Zhejiang provinz, 14. November 2013. Fast ein
--FILE--A Chinese couple and their only daughter are seen at a park in Hangzhou city, east Chinas Zhejiang province, 14 November 2013. Nearly one million couples have applied to have a second child since China eased its one-child policy in 2014, allowing couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child. The number of applications is in line with the estimate of less than two million annually by China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, said Mao Qunan, a spokesman with the commission, at a press conference on Monday (12 January 2015). Since China's one-child policy was eased in a pilot program in east China's Zhejiang Province in January 2014, couples nationwide may now have a second child if either parent is an only child. Mao said that the commission will put more effort toward improving the population monitoring mechanism and will stipulate relevant policies.
