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Destruction of the Family

Decision of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region People's Congress Standing Committee on Amending the "Regulations on Population and Family Planning in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region"

July 28, 2017
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On July 28, 2017, at the 30th meeting of the 12th Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People’s Congress Standing Committee, the 30th meeting of the 12th Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People’s Congress Standing Committee decided to amend the Family Planning Regulations as follows:

1. Article 3 was amended to read: “Implementing family planning is a fundamental national policy, and it is the common responsibility of every citizen as well as the whole society. Family planning work persists in taking propaganda and education, contraception, and the recurring nature of the work as the most important components of the policy, with the goal of constructing a system that supports household development to benefit family planning, taking comprehensive measures, relying on scientific and technological progress, comprehensive services, and the establishment and strengthening of a system of family planning rewards, assistance, and social security, implementing the dynamic adjustment of assistance standards, bringing down and stabilizing moderate birth rate, improving the quality of the population, and promoting the long-term, balanced development of the population.”



X. One article was added as Article 24: “Medical institutions shall fill in the “Medical Birth Certificate” in accordance with the autonomous region’s rules for transcribing the names of ethnic minorities. Names containing words that convey or are suggestive of religious extremism are strictly prohibited, and the public security department shall have final determination over the “Medical Birth Certificate.”

2017年7月28日在新疆维吾尔自治区第十二届人民代表大会常务委员会第三十次会议上新疆维吾尔自治区第十二届人民代表大会常务委员会第三十次会议决定对《新疆维吾尔自治区人口与计划生育条例》作如下修改:

一、第三条修改为:“实行计划生育是国家的基本国策,是每个公民和全社会的共同责任。计划生育工作坚持宣传教育、避孕、经常性工作为主的方针;以构建有利于计划生育的家庭发展支持体系为目标,采取综合措施,依靠科学技术进步、综合服务、建立健全计划生育奖励扶助和社会保障制度,实行扶助标准动态调整,降低并稳定适度生育水平,提高人口素质,促进人口长期均衡发展。”

十、增加一条作为第二十四条:“医疗机构应当按照自治区少数民族人名转写规则,规范填写《出生医学证明》。姓名中严格禁止带有宗教极端含义和色彩的文字,公安部门落户应以《出生医学证明》为准。