This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2016-02-15 08:02
Item from Feb 15, 1995, in China Daily: Out of an estimated 57,500 candidates born every day in China, baby Zhao Xu was confirmed early this morning by the State Family Planning Commission to be citizen 1.2 billion. ...
Today is a landmark in China's social development, as the nation's population - not including that of Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong - has officially reached 1.2 billion. ... The population would have reached 1.2 billion nine years ago without the introduction of the family planning program, according to statistics from the commission.
In December, authorities rolled out the latest family planning policy encouraging families to have a second child to help increase the supply of labor and ease the pressures of an aging society.
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