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Tuesday 25th April, 2006
China official defends 'one child' policy

Big News Network.com Monday 24th April, 2006 (UPI)

China's current family planning policy must be kept stable to cope with a fourth baby boom in the next five years, a family planning official has said. Zhang Weiqing, director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, told the Study Times newspaper the one child policy was not to blame for China's growing gender imbalance, the South China Morning Post reported Monday.
The main reason for China's rising gender imbalance is the entrenched concept 'boys are better than girls,' he said, citing the abuse of ultrasound technology.Experts say 117 boys are born for every 100 girls in China, far exceeding the normal ratio of 104-107 males to 100 females. South Korea, India and Taiwan also have growing gender imbalances, but do not have birth control policies, Zhang said.
Throughout China, cities enforce stricter family planning policies than in rural areas, but do not have different sex ratios. While Beijing's most difficult challenge is to change the Chinese preference for sons over daughters, Zhang said, China also has to improve the population quality, make greater efforts to manage China's floating population, and reform its household registration system to give migrant workers access to urban services and social security.