Couples slow to apply for 2nd child

Fewer than 1 million seek to have another baby since being allowed to do so

China's relaxation of its one-child birth control policy after three decades has not resulted in a baby boom as officials once feared.

In the first year of the policy relaxation, less than one-tenth of the couples eligible to have a second child have wanted to do so, or have filed their applications, according to the nation's top family planning authority.