Today, 45 years ago, on September 25, 1980 (August 17, 1980), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China called on a couple to have only one child. On September 25, 1980, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued an open letter to all members of the Communist Party and the Communist Youth Group about controlling the growth of our population, calling on the Party members to lead the birth of only one child. In order to struggle to control the total population of our country within 1.2 billion at the end of this century, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China called on all members of the Communist Party and the Communist Youth Group, especially cadres at all levels, to take practical action to respond to the State Council¡¯s call for a couple to have only one child, and to actively and patiently educate the masses. In advocating a couple to have only