Created as a humanitarian response to
China's over-population problem
There were (2009) 1,330,000,000 people
living in China and they all need water, food,
housing, education, jobs, advancement
opportunity, and a myraiad of other
requirements.
Any large increase to the
existing population would
prevent economic and
social stability for China's
people.
Negative Impacts
There is a bigger men to women
ratio in China
Means there are less wives
Less children (not a
positive) because people
are killing their daughters
There are boys being
kidnapped off the streets
A lot of girls are being
put up for adoption
If you are an only
child you are
allowed to have two
children (unfair and
not helping the
population much)
Because that's the same as
the parent having two
children in the 1st place and
one giving birth.
Positive Impacts
Families who only have 1
child get a 'one child glory
certificate' which entitles
them to an annual bonus
on their salary up until the
child is 14.
It's good for population
management.
It's decreased the
population by over a
half
Families who
stick to the
policy will get
HUGE bonuses
Features
Only applies to registered urban families
Rural families and protected minorities
may have more than 1 child.
Couples may have 1 child
every 10 years.
Couples having more that 1
child within a 10 year period
are subject to social
disincentives
Multiple births (twins,
triplets etc) are exempt
from the policy
Parents whose 1st child is
physically handicapped, mentally
handicapped or dies may have a
2nd child
Waivers of the policy are
selectively granted for hardship
causes
Such As: Adoption of
deceased relative's orphan
A limited number of
municipalities will switch to
a 2 child policy within the
next few years.
Shanghai is the most prominicent
locale making this change
Timeline of how policies have changed
1949: Mao wanted a big population and so banned contraceptives and birth
control
1958-61: Mao attempted to use China's ever growing population to develop
China's economy but the results were a disaster and between 18-33 million
people died of famine.
1961-1966: Deng Xiaping & Liu Shaoqisideline Mao and bring back sanity to
China by easing state controls and importing grain from abroad to break the
famine. Population growth takes off again.
1966-1976: Mao is back in power and attempts to destroy/weaken the
traditional & cultural fundamentals of Chinese society. The result is
chaos and an almost destruction of the Chinese economy &education
system. attempts to control the population fail & the population
continues to grow out of control.
1976 -: Mao is gone. Zhaoping has the job of
resurrecting the economy & improving the
standard of living. In 1978 the 1 Child Policy was
introduced & it was applied to all 1st born children
of 1979.