China one-child Law Review to strengthen workforce

The reduction of the workforce by about three million people took, however, the Chinese Government to review the law and open the most couples the possibility of having more than one child. So far, and since 1979, was forbidden to Chinese couples have more than one child, with some exceptions referred to as families of rural provinces which were allowed a second child if the first one had some disability or was a girl.

The law, named officially as family planning Policy, have led to a high number of abortions caused, particularly in couples who wanted to have a boy but they were girls. Some studies carried out by specialists estimate that, because of this law, approximately 200 million births have been prevented between 1979 and 2009 in China, where the current population already exceeds the 1.3 billion inhabitants.

The revision of the law now opens the possibility to couples where both members are themselves only children to have a second child. With this, Beijing expects to receive between 15 to 20 million couples and that the pace of growth of the Chinese population increase at two million (currently grows at a rate of 7 million a year), thus reversing the expectation in 2030 there are fewer 140 million active workers in the country.

Another of the consequences of the one-child Law was the increase in the number of elderly in China which had natural impact on social services in the country. Also in this particular estimates pointed out that in 2050 more than 25 percent of the Chinese population has more than 65 years.

Despite the many complaints for alleged disrespect of human rights, the decision to revise the controversial family planning Policy has been based on mere economic interests of the Government led by the new Chinese President, Xi Jinping.

The Popular Congress, however, was not around here and also approved the end of re-education through labour ", which had been created for 50 years in Gulag camps inspired the former Soviet Union. The program was intended to criminal misdemeanors like drug addicts, drug dealers, prostitutes or small-scale thieves, but also religious or political dissidents could be doomed to this kind of forced labor camps where, as the name implies, should be re-educated without right to appeal and for periods that could reach four years.

The Chinese Ministry of Justice admits that earlier this year there were about 160 thousand inmates serving time in re-education through labour camps 260 â€" most detained for drug-related crimes. The BBC added that part of these labor camps should be reconverted into rehabilitation centers for drug addicts.

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