CHINA-POPULATION-POLITICS-CHILDREN-SOCIAL

This photo taken on December 13, 2016 shows a nurse holding a baby at the Xiyuege Centre, or "Lucky Month Home", in Beijing. Since the late 70s, strict measures in the worlds most populous country restricted most couples to only a single offspring with a system of fines for violators and even forced abortions. But concerns over an ageing population, gender imbalances and a shrinking workforce pushed authorities to end the restriction, allowing all couples a second child from January 1. / AFP / Greg Baker / TO GO WITH China population politics children social, FOCUS by Becky DAVIS (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)