Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday called for easing the burdens of maternity, parenting and education to facilitate the implementation of the third-child policy. 

Li made the remarks during a video conference in Beijing on improving birth policies. 

The population issues are of fundamental, holistic and strategic importance that concern the development of the Chinese nation, Li said. 

Implementing the third-child policy and its supporting measures is a significant decision made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to promote long-term and balanced population development, Li said. 

The relevant economic and social policies and supporting measures should be coordinated to ease the burdens that giving birth, raising children and providing education place on parents, Li stressed. 

He urged governments and authorities at all levels to formulate detailed plans and supporting measures to ensure the implementation of the policy. 

Addressing the conference, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan urged joint efforts in medical, educational, housing and fiscal areas to achieve the strategic goal of population development, including speeding up revision of relevant laws and regulations. 

A draft amendment to China's Population and Family Planning Law will be submitted to an upcoming session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, for deliberation in August, according to a statement issued on Tuesday.

China announced on May 31 that it would start to support couples who wish to have a third child. 

China in 2013 allowed couples to have a second child if either parent was an only child, and in 2016 allowed married couples to have two children, phasing out the one-child policy.

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(Cover: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a video conference at the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, July 26, 2021. /Xinhua)

(With input from Xinhua)