The Chinese Family Planning Association is a mass organization consisting of thousands of associations relying on the services of tens of millions of unpaid volunteers who give advice on family planning (FP), child care, abortion, the value of the girl child, and income-generating activities. The Association is legally responsible for safeguarding the rights of people, inform them of their reproductive rights, and encourage them to participate in community improvement. The government strives to counter foreign charges of abuse and coercion, therefore it passed internal regulations on forbidden acts and conduct stressing democratic supervision of FP activities. Quality control of FP is also vital in not jeopardizing people's safety and health. In Gongzhuling Municipality supervision of FP activities entails: collecting the views of FP members, carrying out special studies, and implementing programs according to Association proposals. Instead of fining couples who have unplanned births, authorities emphasize persuasion and publicity. In local situations grievances are investigated and remedied quickly. In Gongzhuling 52,410 FPA council members were trained in the course of 2 years. In Fujian Province over 3000 FPA members were made responsible for monitoring FP activities. FP information is spread by the mass media, and special maternal and child health services are provided to over 50,000 women of reproductive age and children up to the age of 8 with child safety insurance and FP pension insurance for one-daughter families. Income-generating activities include home farming, animal husbandry, and various community services. These activities discourage the desire to have sons as old age insurance. In Liaoning Province the FPA also secured an old age insurance scheme for one-child families, while in poverty-stricken Shandong Province the emphasis was changed from collecting fines to helping the people generate income by over 2000 such projects.

作者：L, Yang；J, Hamand

来源：Planned parenthood challenges 1996 年 1期