The Social Support System to be Expanded in 2005 Remarks by NPFPC Vice Minister Pan Guiyu at a Press Conference

At the beginning of 2004, the Chinese government decided to introduce the System of Social Support for Some Rural Families Practicing Family Planning ("social support system"). The General Office of the State Council introduced the proposed program of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) on implementing the pilot project of the social support system ("Pilot