The China Family Planning Association (CFPA) is a

people's organization People's organization is a generic term for organizations in the China, People's Republic of China excluding governments, the official departments of government, and State-owned enterprises of China, state-owned enterprises or institutions, yet ar ...

under the leadership of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) responsible for

family planning Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them. Things that may play a role on family planning decisions include marit ...

. It serves as a link between the Party and the government and people of childbearing age and family planning families.

History

The CFPA was founded on 29 May 1980 to help enforce the

one-child policy The one-child policy ( zh, c=一孩政策, p=yī hái zhèngcè) was a population planning initiative in China implemented between 1979 and 2015 to curb the country's population growth by restricting many families to a single child. The progr ...

Functions

The CFPA is responsible for

. It officially serves as a "bridge and link between the Party and the government and the broad masses of people of childbearing age and family planning families".

Organization

The CFPA is a member of the

International Planned Parenthood Federation The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global non-governmental organisation with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planni ...

. It maintains branches in every province-level division of China.

References

{{Organs managed in accordance with the Civil Servants Law 1980 establishments in China Family planning in China Organizations associated with the Chinese Communist Party Organizations based in Beijing Organizations established in 1980