But the biggest breakthrough in reshaping societal norms was in family-planning policy – replacing the one-child limit that had been in force since 1980 with a two-child limit beginning in 2017. Aimed at addressing China’s serious aging problem, the eventual consequences of this long-overdue shift cannot be minimized.
但改变社会范式的最重大的突破是计划生育政策——从2017年开始，二胎政策将取代1980年以来的一胎政策。这一拖延已久的措施的目的是解决中国严重的人口老龄化问题，其最终结果绝对不容小觑。家庭单位是中国儒家传统的核心，它的变化将带来中国社会和经济性质的变化。