一孩政策 (yī chái zhèng cè)

Definition

The one-child policy refers to the population control policy implemented in China from 1979 to 2015, which limited most urban couples to having only one child.

Related terms

二孩政策 (èr chái zhèng cè): The two-child policy implemented in China since 2016, which allows most couples to have two children.

超生 (chāo shēng): Refers to giving birth to more children than allowed by the government's population control policies.

家庭计划生育 (jiā tíng jì huà shēng yù): Family planning, which includes policies and measures aimed at controlling population growth.