China's 2-child policy seen contributing 0.5% point to growth rate

Beijing

CHINA'S adoption of a two-child policy is expected to boost the country's economic growth rate by about 0.5 of a percentage point, stemming from a rise in the size of its workforce, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday.

Wang Pei'an, vice minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, did not specify a time period for that g…