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The 1950s |
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1950 - 1955: Significant improvement of food security among small-scale peasants due to land reform. |
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1956, August: First mass mobilization for birth control by the Ministry of Public Health has very little impact. |
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The 1970s |
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1972 - 1973: Group in State Council of China mobilizes resources for a nationwide birth control campaign, which has little impact. |
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1975: Maximum recommended family size - in cities: two children, in rural areas: three to four children |
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1978, June: State Council establishes a new "Birth Planning Small Leading Group" to strengthen family planning. |
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1979: Introduction of China's strict "One-Child" family planning program at provincial level, in 1980 at national level. |
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The 1990s |
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1990: Tenthousands of blood plasma donors in rural areas are infected with HIV. |
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The 2000s |
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2002, November: Most likely first cases of SARS in Guangdong. |
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2003: During spring SARS virus outbreak in Hong Kong and Guangdong becomes known to the public. Quarantines. |
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2003, February: Two laboratories confirm avian influenza virus (H5N1) outbreak in Hong Kong. |
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2004: The United Nations estimates that one million Chinese are infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS). |
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2004, June: Scientists are warning that China may be facing a major HIV/AIDS epidemic. |
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2005: WHO says: Of all children alive today in China, around 50 million will die prematurely from tobacco use related disease. |
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2006, January: China's Ministry of Health, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and WHO publish report on AIDS. |
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2006, January: China's Ministry of Health confirms the country's 10th case of human infection with the avian influenza virus H5N1. |
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2008, September: Sick toll in baby milk scandal raises to 13,000. |
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2008, October: Wen Jiabao accepts responsibility for milk scandal that might have affected more than 50,000 children. |
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