China's One Child Policy: causes and effects

China's One Child Policy

1. China has the worlds largest population. In 2010, it's 1.3 billion people made up 20% od the worlds population.

2. Students study China's population because of the famous One Child Policy. This policy was introduced in 1882. The Chinese Government feared that rapid population growth would lead to poverty so they ordered that every family only has one child.

3. Any parent that has more than one child could have thier wages reduced or can be denied some social services.

4. When the population was introduced, there were already large numbers of exsisting children and young people in the system who have yet to marry. so although the origanla ain of the one child policy was to zero the population growth, that will not happen until 2043 at the earliest.

5. The One Child Policy is presenting China with two major issues. One being an Ageing population, and the other being a Gender imbalance.

6. China's median age for 2010 was 35.2. The life expectancy has increased to 74.5 years. In 2010, only 17.9% of the population was 0-14 years. There is predicted to be 162.4 million Chinese people over 60 by 2020, and 320 million by 2040.

7. The population is already putting pressure on resources and the quality of environment. But a reduction in population may cause a slowdown in the economy.

8. In the drive for economic growth, investment is healthcare and education has been low. In 2009, China spent just 1.9% of its GDP on education. Only 2% of Chinese aged over 25 are university educated. This lack of highly educated workforce limits China's potential in the knowledge economy economy.

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