BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers passed a historic decision on Sunday, allowing all couples to have two children.
"The state advocates that one couple shall be allowed to have two children," according to the newly revised Law on Population and Family Planning, passed at the bi-monthly session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, which ran from Monday to Sunday.
The newly revised law will take effect on Jan. 1.
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