What If China Never Introduced the One-child Policy?

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Misconceptions

Feng jianmei’s Misfortune

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June 2, in Zhenping County, located in China's Shanxi Province

The remains of the fetus lying next to the mother on her hospital bed

Feng jianmei’s Misfortune

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* Ocean University of China, Qingdao* University of international business and economics, Beijing* Renmin University of China, Beijing* Fudan University, shanghai* Soochow university, Suzhou* Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing* Wuhan university, Wuhan* Shandong U, Jinan* Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou * Lanzhou University, Lanzhou

A survey among 100 undergraduates and their parents from 10 universities in China, 10 each

Question 1 Question 2

247Yes

53No

73Yes

227No

No. 1: Do you think it is justifiable and necessary to introduce the One-child Policy in 1978?

No.2 Do you think the One-child policy is still justifiable and should be remained?

Survey & Result

Misconceptions

Applicable in 1978 not applicable now

The result suggests :

Misconceptions

They misunderstand the situation in 1970s and think it is justifiable to introduce the policy in 1978. Their

implication is that the one-child policy is highly responsible for the reduction in the total fertility rate.

Despite the sporadic tragedies like Feng’s case, the policy in general alleviates social, economic, and environmental problems.

What did the government say?

the policy has prevented between 250 and 300 million births from its implementation until 2000, and 400 million births from 1979 to 2011.

this "fundamental policy of the state" has helped reduce the pressure of population growth on society and economic development.

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Accurate Understanding

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Never does the One-child Policy apply to any situation, neither in 1970s nor in 2010s.

The policy itself is probably only partially responsible for the reduction in the total fertility rate.

It does not alleviate the mentioned problems, instead, it is one vital problem itself.

What did independent academics say?

According to Professor Wang Feng, Director of Brookings-Tsinghua Center, China's fertility rate was reduced from more than five to just over two before family planning policy was introduced in 1978.

According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, the most dramatic decrease in the rate actually occurred before the policy was imposed. Between 1970 and 1979, the largely voluntary "late, long, few" policy, had already resulted in a halving of the total fertility rate, from 5.9 to 2.9. After the one-child policy was introduced, there was a more gradual fall in the rate until 1995, and it has more or less stabilized at approximately 1.7 since then."

What did a newspaper report?

The Southern Weekend, a liberal newspaper based in the southern city of Guangzhou, reported about the little publicised case of Yicheng county, in the northern province of Shanxi.Yicheng has been experimenting with a two-child policy for 25 years, Despite its more relaxed regulations, the county has a lower than average population growth rate, the report said.

What did several interviews imply?

Interviews with 5 undergraduates who all have siblings

Hilary: one sister and one brother Ning: two sisters Jane: one brotherLily: one brother

Each family paid about 25,000 yuan for a second childAble to pay the fineAble to have two or more children

Lee has six sisters, and his father is an entrepreneur. His parents paid the family planning authorities about 200,000 yuan in total.

A vast and entrenched interest group: The family-planning bureaucracy

Huge gender imbalance

………… ……

Feng’s family and many other people’s

What if China never introduced the

One-child Policy?

Unequal enforcement

Violent enforcement

A rapidly ageing society

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