The country's ruling Communist Party after its Central Committee meeting on Thursday, decided to liberalize family planning rules which were first relaxed in 2013.
The move was announced via state-run Xinhua news agency and the changes are expected to be ratified by the country's parliament when it next convenes in March 2016.
The controversial one-child policy began in 1979 and was aimed at reducing the country's birthrate and slowing the growth of its population, which at that point was already the world's largest.
Couples who broke the family planning laws were made to lose their jobs and fined.
In some cases, mothers were forced to abort their babies or become sterilized - a move reported to have prevent roughly 400 million births according to the BBC.
In 2013 however, the policy was eased to allow couples have two children if one of the parents was a single child themselves. Many parents were reported not to be interested in having a second child due to the high cost of living.
In 2013 however, the policy was eased to allow couples have two children if one of the parents was a single child themselves. Many parents were reported not to be interested in having a second child due to the high cost of living.
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