THE ONE-CHILD POLICY IN CHINA AND ITS SOCIOCULTURAL IMPACTS

Abstract

The One-Child Policy was developed and implemented as a way to quell concerns about population growth in China. Before that, after the country faced problems with hunger, measures to contain the fertility rate were imposed. These, in turn, obtained a considerable reduction in the number of births, but they were still not considered sufficient for the advancement of the stipulated economic plan. The justification for the imposition of such measures was linked to the reduction of fertility rates to generate access to a more satisfactory health system for the population, guarantee of quality education and employment opportunities, generating general economic improvement in the country. Problems generated by overpopulation were on the world stage during this period, but no policy caused as many impacts and controversies as the Chinese one. This article, based on qualitative research, based on the use of bibliographies and interviews present in documentaries, aims to identify the objectives of the One-Child Policy and other measures implemented at the time in China, in addition to analyzing the form of implementation of the themselves, describing the effects caused in the social life of Chinese families, in addition to elucidating the consequences suffered with those who did not comply with the rules present in the regiments.