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The Chinese government has decided to end its one-child per family policy and let families have two children. A statement gives the reasons for the change, ______ (say) it is meant to balance population development, stop a declining birth rate and strengthen the country’s work force.
China _____ (carry)out the one-child policy in 1980. But the government permitted a small number of _____ (couple) to have two children. For example, some rural families were given approval to have two children if the first-born was a girl. In 2013, the government permitted other families to have two if one parent was ____ only child.
A teacher and population expert, Jiang Quanbao, explains how Chinese families will react ___ the policy. “Many young people in the cities are ______ (probable) not interested in having a second child,” he says. “People in rural villages may be ____ (much) interested, but some of them are already allowed to have two children.”
At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people, a total of 800 million of _____ are employed. But that job market population is expected ______(drop) by 2050. With the two-child policy, the labo__ (short) will be relieved, starting in 20 years.

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