East China city offers support to families with multiple children

JINAN, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, began to hand out cash subsidies starting this year to encourage families to have more children.

Couples in the city will be able to receive a monthly allowance of 600 yuan (about 88.6 U.S. dollars) for their second or third child born from Jan. 1 until their child gets to be three years old, according to an implementation plan on optim