Since the formation of political power by the communists in China, the Chinese population exploded. The population growth exceeded 2 percent for most years between 1949 and 1974. Due to this rapid population growth, the Chinese government introduced The One Child Policy rule. The One Child Policy restricted couples to have only one child, with some exceptions. The main goal of this policy was to keep the population below 1.2 billion by the year 2000. For this change to be accepted by the country the government introduced rewards for those who sign in agreement with having one child, and those who don’t faced penalties. Families with only one child are issued a “one-child certificate”. This entitles them to such benefits as cash bonuses, longer maternity leave, better childcare, and preferential housing assignments. Chinese who decide to have more then one-child face fines, pressures to abort a pregnancy, and even forced sterilization accompanied second or subsequent pregnancies.

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