China is to relax its policy of restricting most couples to have only a single child, state media say.
In future, families will be allowed two children if one parent is an only child, says the Xinhua news agency.
The one-child policy already exempts rural dwellers and ethnic minorities.
The move comes after this week's meeting of a key decision-making body of the governing Communist Party. Other reforms include the abolition of "re-education through labour" camps.
The network of camps created half a century ago holds thousands of inmates who are made to undergo re-education, known as "laojiao".
Police panels have the power to sentence offenders to years in camps without a trial.
China's leaders have previously said they wanted to reform the system.
The decision to do away with the camps was "part of efforts to improve human rights and judicial practices", Xinhua said.
The Third Plenum of the Communist Party under President Xi Jinping, who took power last year, also announced plans for economic reform.
Traditionally reforms are expected at the Third Plenum, because new leaders are seen as having had time to consolidate power.
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