Family planning policies historically enacted by the People's Republic of China have included specific birth quotas as well as harsh enforcement of such quotas. Together, these elements constitute the
A government sign in Tangshan Village, De'an County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi: "For the sake of the country's prosperity and families' happiness, please implement family planning"
Ma Yinchu, the father of China's family planning
A propaganda painting of family planning (Jiangmen, Guangdong Province).
A propaganda painting of the family planning policy (Jinning, Yunnan Province).
Great Leap Forward
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The Great Leap Forward was an industrialization campaign within China from 1958 to 1962, led by the Chinese Communist Party. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to transform the country from
Family planning policies of China
…CCP Chairman Mao Zedong's time, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had an ambiguous and changing attitude toward family planning, especially during the Great Leap Forward. Family planning was first introduced in the 1950s as a "recommendation," yet had never been strictly implemented until 1970, when the Military Control…
Government officials being sent to work in the countryside, 1957
1958 poster promoting the Great Leap Forward. The text reads: "Brave the wind and the waves, everything has remarkable abilities!"
A canteen in a people's commune, 1958
A minecart leading to the steel base, October 1957