Chapter V    Technical Services for Family Planning

Article 30 The State establishes premarital health care and maternal health care systems to prevent or reduce the incidence of birth defects and improve the health of newborns.

Article 31 People's governments at all levels shall take measures to ensure citizens' access to technical services for family planning in order to improve their reproductive health.

Article 32 Local people's governments at all levels shall rationally allocate and make multi-purpose use of health resources, establish and improve family planning technical service networks comprising family planning technical service institutions and medical and healthcare institutions providing such services and upgrade the facilities and improve the conditions for and raise the level of, such services.

Article 33 Family planning technical service institutions and medical and healthcare institutions providing such services shall, within the scope of their respective responsibilities, conduct, among different reproductive age groups of people, publicity and education in the basic knowledge about the population program and family planning, provide pregnancy check-ups and follow-up for married women of reproductive age, offer advice and guidance and provide technical services in respect of family planning and reproductive health.

Article 34 Persons providing family planning technical services shall give guidance to citizens who practise family planning in choosing the safe, effective and appropriate contraceptive methods.

Couples who already have children are encouraged to choose long-acting contraceptive methods.

The State encourages research in, employment and wide use of, new technologies and contraceptives for family planning.

Article 35 Use of ultrasonography or other techniques to identify fetal sex for non-medical purposes is strictly prohibited. Sex-selective pregnancy termination for non-medical purposes is strictly prohibited.