Second child is a growing option
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="Han">Han</span> <span word="Xue">Xue</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>,10 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="first">first</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="eligibility">eligibility</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="entailed">entailed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bureaucratic">bureaucratic</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="chase">chase</span>.</p><p><span word="Han">Han</span>,31, <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="age">age</span>.</p><p>"<span word="As">As</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> 4, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="filed">filed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="application">application</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="permit">permit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="oversees">oversees</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="street">street</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span>," <span word="Han">Han</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Han">Han</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span>, <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="policies">policies</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1970<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="child">child</span>.</p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="category">category</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="opting">opting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span>.</p><p><span word="Nanjing">Nanjing</span> <span word="offers">offers</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="example">example</span>. <span word="Applications">Applications</span> <span word="filed">filed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="surged">surged</span> <span word="to">to</span> 600 <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="from">from</span> 85 <span word="in">in</span> 2007, <span word="family">family</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="eligible">eligible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="single">single</span>-<span word="child">child</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="marriageable">marriageable</span> <span word="age">age</span>.<span word="About">About</span> 10,000 <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="eligible">eligible</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nanjing">Nanjing</span> <span word="annually">annually</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="estimate">estimate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2017 <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 17 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="entitled">entitled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p><span word="Already">Already</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 15 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nanjing">Nanjing</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="booked">booked</span> <span word="maternity">maternity</span> <span word="beds">beds</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2017 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="expecting">expecting</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="baby">baby</span>.</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> 1985, <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="children">children</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Jiangxi">Jiangxi</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span></p>
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