This population pyramid from the 1990 census gives us a good overview of China's population over the years, which focus on age and gender (Figure 1). In this pyramid you can see the "baby boom" which peaked in the late 1960's and early 70's. Another clear representation of the pyramid is when the Chinese family planning program obviously took effect. The amount of births rapidly declined. Children that were between 4 and 11 in 1990, belonged to the smallest birth co

The huge population growth over the past few decades has been a cause for concern globally. However, few countries have responded in the way China has. Before 1979 the Chinese government issued a call for family planning and advocated the use of contraceptives. However, the lack of understanding for the serious problem of overpopulation pushed the government to use a more direct and demanding solution. Initiated in 1979 the Chinese government has implemented a method know as the one child policy "family planning" to control the fluctuation of the population

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