China's One Child Policy

China's One Child Policy

1. Why the policy was introduced..

   • 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.
   • China's population was increasing rapidly and had to be stopped

2. 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.
   • Angered many chinese citizens

3. 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
   • Stopped overpopulation in China

4. 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