The One Child Policy was adopted in China in 1979, continuing throughout 2015. The purpose of this policy was to curb the rapid population growth, which would ease the need for more resources. There were a few exceptions to this rule, such as if one had a dead or disabled child, where parents were allowed to have more than one child. If parents had more than one child before these rules were put into place, they were given a certificate exempting them from any legal recourse, but they also had to ensure that they would not have another child. Some areas also allowed families to have a second child if the first one was a girl, which led many to be placed into orphanages. In 2015, they increased the limit of children to two per family, though all limits have been removed at the time of writing this review.

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