One Child Policy The one-child policy, officially the family planning policy, is the population control policy of the Peoples Republic of China. Many demographers consider the term one-child policy a misnomer, as the policy allows many exceptions: rural families can have a second child if the first child is a girl or is disabled, and ethnic minorities are exempt. Families in which neither parent has siblings are also allowed to have two children. Residents of the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and foreigners living in China are also exempt from the policy. In 2007, approximately 35.9% of Chinas population was subject to a one-child restriction. In November 2013, the Chinese government announced that it would further relax the policy by allowing families to have two children if one of the parents is an only child.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:58:42 +0000
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