ABSTRACT
China has the world’s largest population, and the most systematic family planning program. In the early 1970s, the Chinese authorities initiated the “later-longer-fewer” family planning program to control the birth rate, and in 1979 they implemented a “onechild” family planning program. Young couples are encouraged to have only one child, regardless of sex (see Chapter 1 in this volume by Liang and Lee for more discussion).
