China aims for long-term, balanced population development. (Pic/China daily)

China has adopted three-child policy that allows couples to have three children with the aim of optimizing the country's demographic structure and achieving long-term and balanced population development.

为了优化人口结构，实现人口长期均衡发展，中国日前出台了三孩政策，允许一对夫妇生育三个孩子。

The policy lays out supporting measures in three areas: strengthening child nursery services, reducing the cost of childbearing and improving prenatal and postnatal services.

该政策规划了三个领域的配套支持措施：加强婴幼儿托育服务，降低生育成本以及提升产前产后服务。

At a press conference on July 21, Yu Xuejun, deputy head of the National Health Commission (NHC), said the decision is more than just an improvement of the two-child birth policy. "These supporting measures focus on public concerns, integrate birth with marriage, bringing-up and education, and can help unleash the birth potential," he said.

在7月21日的新闻发布会上，国家卫健委副主任于学军表示，这一决定不仅仅是对二孩生育政策的改进。 “这些配套支持措施，聚焦群众关切，将婚嫁、生育、养育、教育一体考虑，有利于释放生育潜能。”于学军说。

China releases decision on three-child policy, supporting measures

Video/CGTN

population census  人口普查 （请戳往期链接）

negative population growth  人口负增长 （请戳往期链接）

universal two-child policy  全面二孩政策

elderly care services   养老服务 （请戳往期链接）

Sound aged care industry clusters  健康养老产业集群 （请戳往期链接）

Collected by  Lv Yun, Wu Qin (intern)

Edited by Lv Yun

Sources: Xinhua, CGTN

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