Abstract
PIP: The Chinese government has organized a family planning program on a voluntary basis under state guidance. The program is adapted to conditions in different areas, e.g., birth control and late marriage are encouraged for high density areas with high birthrates and population growth is encouraged in low density, especially national minority, areas. As a result of the program, the national birthrate has dropped every year as grain production has risen. The program supplies contraceptive drugs and devices, abortion, and sterilization operations free of charge. Commune-run clinics and barefoot doctors spread family planning in the rural areas. Peking has more than 800 neighborhood-run health centers which, combined with family planning programs in state-run hospitals and factory clinics, provide family planning advice and services for the urban population. Volunteer workers publicize the program and distribute free contraceptives. Maternal and child health programs are of the highest importance, to ensure that the children who are born will have the best chance of surviving. China is also succeeding in rejecting traditional notions of the superiority of men and traditional preference for male offspring.
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