Family structure of China and effects on Chinese Society

When the one child policy was introduced by Deng Xiaoping in 1979, the Chinese population was at one billion. China was not prepared for the rapid population growth. Thirty years later, the Chinese are living longer but China is not as prepared for the rapid aging population. China currently has more than 177 million people aged 60 or above, and the number is predicted to reach 450 million, or one quarter of the country's total population, by the middle of the century, according to statistics from the latest national census released this year. This increase dramatically affects economic development and social welfare. China is faced with the problem of not enough children to take care of the elderly parents.

In conclusion, the One Child Policy has a negative impact and may be scrapped of in future.

Xin Xuan (14) 2G