Population expansion has long been a serious problem for human society because Earth's resources and space are limited. China, the third largest country in the world, has a fifth of the world's population. The Chinese once believed that a larger population meant a stronger country. Thus, between 1962 and 1980, the period of the Chinese baby boom, the Chinese population increased from 665 million to 981 million. The sharp increase in population has led to a series of problems, such as environmental pollution, traffic jams and shortages of water and food. To reduce the rate of population growth, the Chinese government implemented the famous one-child policy in 1979. This policy was designed as a short-term program, but it is still in use until now thanks to the successful prevention of approximately 400 million births. At the same time, the one-child policy has been deemed a violation of human rights and a demographic disaster that leads to gender imbalance, an aging population and labor shortages. On the one hand, it actually reduces China's birth rate and population growth rate. However, on the other hand, the one-child policy has already caused harm to Chinese society. Although this policy appears to undermine the reproductive rights of millions of Chinese women, it remains the worst idea the Chinese government could have to keep the population low. The one-child policy, as a mandatory policy, has already caused damage to the structure of China's population. One of the most important problems is the growing imbalance in the ratio between the sexes. The idea that "boys are more important than girls" is quite common in many Asian societies, as boys inherit the family name (children follow the...... middle of paper ... ..hild Politics in China Today." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 18.2 (1987): 309-325.Academic Search Complete. Print.Feng, Xiaotian, Poston Jr., Dudley L. and Wang, Xiaotao. "Politics Chinese One-Child Policy and the Evolution of the Family.” Journal of Comparative Family Studies 44.2 (2014): 17-29. Yijia, Jing. recast.” Business Source Complete Print. “2008 Annual Report.” US Congressional Executive Commission on China, “Former Parents,” April 28... 2014. .