Legal basis: Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 2 China is a populous country, and the implementation of family planning is the basic national policy of the country. The state takes comprehensive measures to control the population and improve its quality. The state relies on publicity and education, scientific and technological progress, comprehensive services and the establishment and improvement of reward and social security systems to carry out population and family planning work.
Thirteenth departments of family planning, education, science and technology, culture, health, civil affairs, press and publication, radio and television shall organize publicity and education on population and family planning. The mass media have the obligation to publicize the population and family planning for public welfare. Schools should carry out physical health education, adolescent education or sexual health education among students in a planned way according to the characteristics of the educated.