\[ **up: [[Reproduction--Human]]** ] --- # Family planning > ‘**Family planning** is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them.’[^1] --- ## Family planning in [[China]] > [[In China, ‘administrative issues, such as the enforcement of social maintenance fees, are directly related to the state’s birth planning policies and activities.’]][^2] [[China's unique population planning policies has affected the country's use of ART.]][^3] *Chinese (individual) family planning has long been impacted by Chinese (state) population planning.* - *See also:* [[Population planning]] --- ### One-child policy [[China's one-child policy was introduced in 1979; this was replaced by the two-child policy in 2015.]][^4] [^1]: ‘Family planning’, Wikipedia, last updated 20 August 2025, 07:25 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning. [^2]: Han Tao, ‘[[Tao, ‘A Desirable Future of Unaffordable Hope’, 2022|A Desirable Future of Unaffordable Hope? Queer People Becoming Parents Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Guangdong, China]]’, *Culture, Health & Sexuality* (16 March 2022), p. 414. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2049879. [^3]: Han Tao, ‘Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope?’, p. 414. [^4]: Han Tao, ‘Desirable Future or Unaffordable Hope?’, p. 414.