East China's Anhui became the third province to relax the one-child policy on Thursday, allowing couples to have a second baby if either parent is an only child.

About one week earlier, Zhejiang province was the first in the country to relax family planning rules. Jiangxi province followed on Jan18.

"The policy change comes just in time," said Shen Xian, a 35-year-old from Jiangxi.