Jiangxi Contemporary Historical Research Of Family Planning

Historical Research on Family Planning of Comtemporary Jiangxi ProvinceFamily planning as a basic national policy of our country,has profound influenceon national economic and society. Under the overall framework and requirements ofthe national family planning, family planning in Jiangxi Province has beenimplemented.Because of the different level of social and culturaleconomic development,Jiangxi family planning shows its own characteristics ofperiodicity,administrative dominance and laocal differences.Therefore,the research onthe history of family planning of comtemporary Jiangxi Province undoubtedly hasgreat theoretical and practical significance on grasping the law of familyplanning,analyzing polulation situation and countermeasures,and promoting thesustainable development of population with society,economy,resources andenvironment of Jiangxi Province.This dissertation includes five chapters besides the Introduction.The Introduction sets forth the reasons and meanings of the topic selection,researchstatus quo, the relatedconcepts, research methods and innovations.ChapterⅠintroduces family planning status and characteristics of Jiangxiprovince before the national reform and opening up policy. At the beginning of thenational liberation, the problem of the rapid growth of population attracted theattention of the central government. In1953,"limit the forwarding the InterimMeasures of birth control and abortion (Draft)" was published by the Jiangxi HealthBureau, opening the prelude of Jiangxi family planning. In1953-1965years, Jiangxicarried out the publicity and birth control technical guidance of family plaaning in anumber of key cities, meeting some people’s contraceptive needs. However, as the"Cultural Revolution" outbreak, Jiangxi family planning stalled. In1971-1978years,family planning was restarted by the central government, Jiangxi family planningagencies recovered, around the national "late, thin, less" fertility policy, familyplanning publicity and contraceptive measures generally began to enter the rural areas,contraceptive rate increased, but the gap with the whole country was great, reflectingthe feature of relative lag, family planning task was very formidable.Chapter Ⅱ analyzes Jiangxi family planning policy adjustments and its results. In1978, eleven of the Third Plenary Session convened, bring enormous vigor tofamily planning, Jiangxi family planning entered a new stage of development,especially in1980, the CPC Central Committee "open letter" was published,advocateing "one couple, one child, late marriage and late childbirth", directlypromoting Jiangxi family planning policy adjustments. In1979-1989years, Jiangxilocal Family Planning Commission had been established, according to the national"three oriented" family planning policy, family planning publicity and education andcontraception gradually emtered into the urban and rural areas, more and more peopleaccepted family planning mass increases, and the gap with the whole country wasnarrowing, family planning had yielded results. However, in this period, but the trendof Jiangxi population was fluctuated, and the family planning development wasunbalanced, population control task was not optimistic.Chapter Ⅲ discusses the Jiangxi local regulations of family planning and itsgreat turning. In the1990s, the country gradually had explored an integrated approachto solve population problems.The construction of the family planning laws andregulations got the attention of national government, which accelerating theformulation and amendment of local regulations of Jiangxi family planning. In1990,"Jiangxi family planning regulations" was published for the first time, and thenin1995and1997were revised. During this period, the foundation of Jiangxi familyplanning was consolidated and family planning publicity was expanded, particularlyunder the national call of "three combination", Jiangxi began to focus on orientedfamily planning services, considering family planning reproductive health and povertyalleviation together, reducing the resistance of family planning. Family planning waswidely welcomed by the masses and hadundergone major changes. In1990-1999years, the natural growth rate of Jiangxi decreased and population reproductionpattern changed from "high birth rate, low death, high growth" to "low birth rate, lowdeath a major turning point, low growth".Chapter Ⅳ describes the target of stabilizing low fertility level and Jiangxifamily planning comprehensive reform. In2000, the CPC Central Committee and theState Council decided to "stabilize the low fertility level", which setting the tone ofJiangxi family planning in the twenty-first Century. Based on the goal of stabilizingthe low fertility level, according to the new thinking of solving the populationproblem, Jiangxi began to explore the comprehensive reform of family planning. Family planning policy had been adjusted and "Jiangxi family planningregulations" were revised, including the family planning policy of "one or both of theone-child can have two children". At the same time, aronding the interest orientedmechanism of family planning, high birth sesx ratio and "a dish of chess" of familyplanning in floating population areas, Jiangxi launched a solid and effective action,achieved good results and even in some aspects walked in the forefront of the country.However, the overall level of Jiangxi family planning is still low and the imbalance oflocal family planning still exists, indicating the comprehensive reform of familyplanning research is a gradual process.Chapter Ⅴ expounds the some thinking of Jiangxi family planning. Jiangxifamily planning has experienced a long and tortuous history, showing its ownregularity properties. The fruitful Jiangxi family planning has accumulated a wealth ofmaterial for the successful experience. At the present, Jiangxi family planning isconfronted with some problems as the slacking of leadership, the overall low leveland the faulty of interest oriented mechanism combined with the severe populationsituation of rapid growth, therefore, Jiangxi must take effective measures such asadhering to the basic state policy of family planning, active and steady implement ofthe family planning policy of "one or both of the one-child can have two children" tostabilize the low fertility level and establishment of the long term mechanism offamily planning, to promote the long-term balanced development of population.