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One-child policy
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The one-child policy was a controversial population planning initiative in Mainland China implemented between 1979 and 2015 to curb the country's population growth by restricting many families to a si
A propaganda painting in Guangdong promotes the idea of a nuclear family with a single child. The text reads "Planned child birth is everyone's respon
A propaganda painting in Guangdong promotes the idea of a nuclear family with a single child. The text reads "Planned child birth is everyone's responsibility."
Family planning billboard in Chengdu.
Family planning billboard in Chengdu.
The Danshan, Sichuan Province Nongchang Village people Public Affairs Bulletin Board in September 2005 noted that RMB 25,000 in social compensation fe
The Danshan, Sichuan Province Nongchang Village people Public Affairs Bulletin Board in September 2005 noted that RMB 25,000 in social compensation fees were owed in 2005. Thus far 11,500 RMB had been collected, so another 13,500 RMB had to be collected.
Propaganda slogan on a building at Yangxin County, Hubei, reading "an IUD after the first child, tubal ligation after the second"
Propaganda slogan on a building at Yangxin County, Hubei, reading "an IUD after the first child, tubal ligation after the second"
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
One-child policy
…in 1948 to 66 years in 1976. Until the 1960s, the government mostly encouraged families to have as many children as possible, especially during the Great Leap Forward, because of Mao's belief that population growth empowered the country, preventing the emergence of family planning programs earlier in China's development…
Government officials being sent to work in the countryside, 1957
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!"
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 canteen in a people's commune, 1958
A minecart leading to the steel base, October 1957
A minecart leading to the steel base, October 1957