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# 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]
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## 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]]
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### 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.