Effect of the One-child Family Planning Policy on Chinese People’s Views on Families

Abstract

This paper explores Chinese people’s views on families in relation to China’s one-child family planning policy from young people and children’s own perspectives and experiences. This paper is divided into four parts. Part One examines how the young people and children in the study understand ‘family’. Part Two explores the importance of sibling relationships. Part Three focuses on the effect on the participants of the one-child family planning policy. Finally, the author will explain the overall conclusions.