China's One Child Policy In China

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Being an ethnic Chinese made me feel interested in the Chinese current situation. According to my research, one out of five of the world’s population lives in China, how can a country have that tremendous population, which is about 1.4 billion people? We have known that overpopulation is not a good thing to be happened in a country, especially in a LEDC. So, did the country government put any effort on controlling the population?

In fact, One-child policy is a great law which aim was to control China’s population and let China have more resources. It was introduced to Chinese people in 1979, 3 years after Mao’s death. Under the law, a couple was allowed to have only one child. However, as a lot of people were revolting the law, the government decided to relax the restriction. If the first child was a girl, a couple would be allowed to have a second baby. After the second child, they were not allowed to have anymore. If there was no one-child policy, China’s population would be 1.7 billion, 30% higher than nowadays, which is about 1.4 billion Including Hongkong, Taiwan and Macau. The population of China occupied 19.3 percent of the world’s population.

My aim is to find out how does the One-child policy work in real life and what are people’s opinions on it. After my research and survey, I concluded that, the one child policy is necessary in China, in order to control such a large population.

I started my research looking at the history of One-child policy along with some statistics. Numerical information and investigations help me a lot with my understanding on the topic. I did my research from many aspects, which finally produced a magazine as my visual product.

First of all, the purpose of the One-child policy is to control ...

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...estigators have a point that the One-child policy is effective and will be ended in the next decade. Although some of the investigators think One-child policy is useless, but the bigger portion left think the advantages are unshakable. Therefore, in my opinion and the investigators, the One-child policy is necessary in China to control the population and save resources.

In conclusion, the One-child policy is prerequisite because the advantages that are given above. Economic growth, population control and resources saving are all helped by One-child policy. China made a big step towards more developed country by having One-child policy. Therefore, from my point of view, One- child policy is necessary and is an effective way to help China grow strong and become better. China should have One-child policy, no one can deny the effect of the “strict and inhumane” policy.

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