중국의 시대별 인구 정책 변화, 인구 변화

 

 

 

1949
 After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the government encouraged population growth and rewarded mothers bearing many children.

 

1954
 The country started to promote birth control.

 

1960
 The government proposed moderate control of the natural birth rate in cities and densely-populated rural areas and recommended late marriage

 

1960
 The State Council approved a report on family planning and launched a slogan advocating for each couple to have no more than two children.

 

1971
 The State Council approved a report on family planning and launched a slogan advocating for each couple to have no more than two children.

 

March 1978
 The family planning policy was included in the Constitution for the first time.

 

September 1982
 The 12th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress made family-planning a basic national policy

 

1984
 The family-planning policy was amended by allowing the birth of a second child for rural couples with only a daughter.

 

2002
 The Population and Family Planning Law came into force. Couples were allowed to have a second child if they are both only children.

 

November 2013
 The Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee decided to further loosen birth control measures by allowing parents to have a second child if one of them is an only child in order to encourage long-term demographic development. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a resolution on the adjustment later in December.

 

October 2015
 The Fifth Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee decided to remove the one-child birth rule and allow all couples to have two children, a measure aiming at balancing population development and addressing the challenge of an aging population. A final plan is to be ratified by the national legislature.

(Source: Xinhua News Agency, designed by Pamela Tobey)