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Population of China and Gender Imbalance

China 's one child policy was established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit China 's population growth . It was designated as a "temporary measure " to limit couples to just one child . Those who fail to follow the law are subjected to fines , pressures to do abortion , and forced sterilization

In 1979 , the Chinese government embarked on an ambitious program of market reform following the stagnation of the economy after the Cultural Revolution . At the time , China was home to a quarter of the world

's people , who were occupying just 7 percent of world 's arable land . Two thirds of the population was under the age of 30 years , and the baby boomers of the 1950s and 1960s were entering their reproductive years The government saw strict population containment as essential to economic reform and to an improvement in living standards . So the one-child family policy was introduced

The policy consists of a set of regulations governing the approved size of Chinese families . These regulations include restrictions on family size , late marriage and childbearing , and the spacing of children (in cases in which second children are permitted . The State Family Planning Bureau sets the overall targets and policy direction . Family-planning committees at provincial and county levels devise local strategies for implementation . Despite its name , the one-child rule applies to a minority of the population for urban residents and government employees , the policy is strictly enforced , with few exceptions . The exceptions include...