CHINA-POPULATION-POLITICS-CHILDREN-SOCIAL

This photo taken on December 13, 2016 shows nurses holding babies 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)