China One Child Policy

China One Child Policy

1. 1979 - Policy began,specific rules and laws, incentives and punishments

   • Incentive - certificate of honour, housing + schooling
   • Rules- men can't marry under 22, women can't marry under 20
   • Punishment - fined, lose all benefits, estimated £206 billion collected from fines since 1980

2. Short Term Issues

   • Unpopular, not easily enforced in rural areas
   • Favouring of boys - stronger for farm, look after elderly, family name
     • Girls get married and move away
   • Infanticide - forced abortions, abandonment/orphanages
   • Intrusive monitoring of females - force sterlisations

3. Longer Term Consequences

   • Democratic crunch - less cheap young labour - impacts manufactoring
   • Support for elderly - no aunts, uncles, cousins - burden
   • Little Emporers - spoilt/overendulged boys, fat+selfish
   • Gender Gap - few women, bride-napping, selective abortion
   • Below Replacement level approx. 1.7

4. Pre - Policiy

   • Originally pro-natalist in 19149 - Bigger Stronger Mao Zedong
   • 1960s - Food Shortages + hardships
   • 1970s - Large + growing population since hindering economic growth
   • Voluntary Policies - Later,Longer,Fewer - considered insufficient

5. Future

   • Slow down in population growth
   • Gender Equality
   • Better ratio of men to women