Nationwide, nearly one million couples eligible under the new rules have applied to have a second child, state media reported on Monday.
It’s estimated that 11 million couples are eligible for additional children, and health officials had said that the policy would lead to as many as two million new births when the policy change was first announced.
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CNN intern Sherry Fei Ju in Beijing contributed to this report