Set up in 1979 by Deng Xiaoping. Couples were monitored and regional targets were set. Rewards were introduced, including fully paid maternity leave, improved housing, extra land.
The child also gets: Money, free education, priority placement for university + jobs, and medical care. For more wealthy families these are no incentives, whilst the policy is hard to enforce in rural areas. If the contract is broken, all the incentives have to be repaid.
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