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SHANGHAI, June 1 (Reuters) - China stocks eked out gains on
Tuesday, helped by strength in healthcare firms, as investors
cheered Beijing s latest three-child policy after recent data
showed a dramatic decline in births in the world s most populous
country. The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.2% at
5,341.68, while the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.3%
to 3,624.71. Shenzhen s start-up board ChiNext slipped 0.3%,
while Shanghai s tech-focused STAR50 index firmed
1.2%. Leading the gains, the CSI300 healthcare index
climbed 1.7%. Birth- and fertility-related companies advanced as
investors continued to cheer Beijing s major policy support. Married Chinese couples may have up to three children,
China announced on Monday. Beijing had scrapped its decades-old
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The northeast region can implement a “comprehensive birth policy pilot plan,” the country’s National Health Commission suggested in a statement from last August that was released Thursday. China has a history of testing new policies in a few areas and then rolling them out nationwide if successful.
China’s population is aging more quickly than most of the world’s developed economies due to decades of family planning aimed at halting population growth. Even with the loosening of those policies in recent years the birthrate has continued to decline, dropping in 2019 to the lowest level since at least 1949.