Two-Child Policy Helps to Reduce Human Trafficking in ‪China

‬That Chinese couples will soon be allowed to have two children will definitely help to crackdown on human trafficking in China, said Chen Shiqu, director of the anti-human trafficking office under the Ministry of Public Security, on Tuesday.

“The two-child policy allows people to have a second child, and this in turn will diminish parents’ demand to buy more children,” said Chen.

Under the one-child policy, since people couldn’t give birth to a second child, many would attempt to purchase abducted children, especially for those who held a belief that the more children the more security the parents would be provided for when they get old.

Furthermore, with the Ninth Amendment to the Criminal Law taking effect from November 1, while traffickers will of course face punishment, those who attempt to purchase abducted children and women will also bear the same risk of facing criminal charges.

And the one-child policy has led to the disproportional birth ration between male and female, with the former outnumbering the latter. Some even purchase foreign brides to get married. “The two-child policy will narrow down the gender ratio in China and help alleviate the imbalance of gender in the long term,” Chen added.