Guangzhou will no longer fire staff for having more than two kids

Guangzhou city in Guangdong province will no longer dismiss civil servants and staff from State-owned companies if they violate family planning policies by having too many children.

Late last year, controversy brewed when a police officer in Yunfu city surnamed Xue was fired from his job when he was found to have had four children－one with his former wife and three with his current wife.

Local police defended dismissing Xue for violating the family planning policies while many people said he should only have faced the same fines as everyone else.