<P> The one - child policy was a population control birth planning policy of China . Distinct from the family planning policies of most other countries ( which focus on providing contraceptive options to help women have the number of children they want ) , it set a limit on the number of children parents could have , the world 's most extreme example of population planning . It was introduced in 1979 ( after a decade - long two - child policy ) , modified in the mid 1980s to allow rural parents a second child if the first was a daughter , and then lasted three more decades before being eliminated at the end of 2015 . The policy also allowed exceptions for some other groups , including ethnic minorities . Provincial governments could ( and did ) require the use of contraception , sterilizations and abortions to ensure compliance and imposed fines for violations . Local and national governments created commissions to raise awareness and carry out registration and inspection work . </P>
<P> The one - child policy was a population control birth planning policy of China . Distinct from the family planning policies of most other countries ( which focus on providing contraceptive options to help women have the number of children they want ) , it set a limit on the number of children parents could have , the world 's most extreme example of population planning . It was introduced in 1979 ( after a decade - long two - child policy ) , modified in the mid 1980s to allow rural parents a second child if the first was a daughter , and then lasted three more decades before being eliminated at the end of 2015 . The policy also allowed exceptions for some other groups , including ethnic minorities . Provincial governments could ( and did ) require the use of contraception , sterilizations and abortions to ensure compliance and imposed fines for violations . Local and national governments created commissions to raise awareness and carry out registration and inspection work . </P>
china one child policy when did it end
china one child policy when did it end
the end of 2015
the end of 2015