| Abstract: | The China Family Planning Association (CFPA) was established in Beijing on May 29th, 1980 as a nongovernment organization. Its purpose and tasks are defined as uniting all the people and activitists involved with family planning to assist the government family planning units in communicating the state principles, policies and tasks on family planning, motivating the people to practice family planning voluntarily, organizing academic activities in family planning in cooperation with the related units, and promoting international exchanges and cooperation. Since its establishment, the CFPA has organized a variety of activities (communication, training, consulting) for promoting communication and education so as to spread among the masses of people the scientific knowledge about contraception, and maternal and child care. The services provided by the associations of various regions in response to the needs of the local people were greatly welcomed and highly appreciated by the people. |
