In the early 1950s, due to the sharp decline of the population in years of war, the state encouraged childbearing on slogans, but there was no substantial material encouragement.

However, a few years later, it was found that the birth rate was too high and might get out of control, and the government immediately paid attention to it.

In the "National Rural Development Program" formulated by Mao himself in 1956, it was clearly pointed out that densely populated rural areas should attach importance to family planning, and at the same time ensure that the newly added population can get good medical and educational security and provide them with enough jobs.

In the following ten years, Mao talked about the importance of population control on dozens of occasions and reports.

At the 1958 Supreme State Conference, Mao made it clear that the population should be controlled between 750 million and 800 million, and no more, which the people and the country could not afford.

1965, Mao instructed Zhou to make a fifteen-year plan to control the population within 800 million.

In 74, Deng said in his work report that the population of 1985 would reach 654.38+0 billion. Mao immediately chimed in and asked the government to strictly control fertility.

Mao never encouraged large-scale birth, but he didn't implement the family planning policy either. His main way is to rely on the government to publicize and distribute contraceptives to the society.

But at that time, the education level of China people was very low. For them, the traditional idea is that the more children the better, and the more boys the better.

Therefore, it is difficult to control the population without the compulsory measures of the government.

Deng later saw this and started the family planning policy.