New family planning regulation of Sichuan Province will be enacted
after some alterations made to the regulation. Major leaders of the
provinces' family planning institution ask various departments to
carry out the regulation.
In
order to implement the Law on Family Planning of People's Republic
of China effected in September 1, Sichuan province made a revision
to its family planning regulation, along with the new regulation,
the province also established another two related regulations.
The new regulation will emphasize people's lawful rights.
The new regulation made amendments to some articles, for example,
it revokes one child approval system, birth-bearing women can
choose birth time, pensioned couples who are both single can get
pension after being retired, etc.
The new regulation further strengthens duties of various
governments. It emphasizes that county level governments should set
up family planning institutions, and village level should have
staffs for family planning work to be carried out.
( September 24, 2002)