Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»278210.25742/NRIPH.2023.03.017Научная статьяThe Transformation of Family Reproductive Function and its Consequences: Results of Demographic Policy Dynamics in the PRCBagirovaAnna P.a.p.bagirova@urfu.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-4093WenyueZhenwenyuezhen@126.comDepartment Sociology and Technologies of State and Municipal Administration of Ural Federal University (DSTSMA UrFU)26052023305052025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>By the end of 2022, China's total population is 1.41 billion, almost 18% of the world's population. Within a few decades, the country has undergone enormous changes that are affecting the demographic picture of the world. As the rate of population growth slowed down, Chinas demographic policy has shifted from the initial control of population growth so as to ensure the harmonious development of population, resources and the environment, to encouraging and stimulating the birth rate due to its reduction and population decline in the last two years. Based on statistical analysis of the National Population Census in China for 1982, 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020, the authors describe the transformation of the family and its reproductive function, as well as their possible consequences under the dynamics of demographic policy. The average size of the Chinese family households in 2020 was 2.62. This number has been decreased by 24% and 41% compared with 2000 and 1982 respectively. A reduction is observed in the structure of households in terms of size. In 2000, the three or four-person households usually accounted for a large proportion, but in 2020, the one or two-person households have become the mode.<br />The main trends associated with the transformation of the Chinese household are as follows: the increasing number of small households, the growth of singles and adults living alone. The emergence of such single society reduces younger generations desire of marriage or having children. Families are more children -centered, and due to the decreasing number of children, the fertility function has weakened, the quality of other functions has been improved such as the resources and chances of education and so forth. Theres also a change of women's status in households, the status has strengthened which led to the strengthening of the role and expansion of women's rights in making family fertility decisions.</p>family Reproductive Functiontransformation of the Familyfertilitydemographic Policy in the PRCрепродуктивная функция семьитрансформация семьирождаемостьдемографическая политика в КНР1.Li J., Zhou L., China's population policy and the population structure and its future development trend. J Economic Perspectives. 2018 Dec; 59(12):17—36.2.3.Peng X., Hu Z., The contemporary transition of the Chinese family and the reconstruction of family policy. J Social Sciences in China. 2015 Dec; 240(12):113—132.4.5.Hsü F. Under the Ancestors’ Shadow: Kinship, Personality and Social Mobility in China. Stanford: Stanford University Press; 1971.6.7.Wang T., Wang F., Tang Y., Land Collectivization and the Structural Transition of Traditional Rural Families. J Social Sciences in China. 2015 Feb; 230(12):41—60.8.9.Unger J. Urban families in the eighties: An analysis of Chinese surveys. In: Davis D., Harrell S., editors. Chinese families in the post-Mao era. University of California Press; 1993. p. 25—49.10.11.Fei X. The institutions for reproduction. Beijing united publishing Co., Ltd.; 2018.12.13.Yu Wa Population Research. Report on the Fertility Cost in China [Internet]; 2022 [cited 2023 May 13]. Available from: https://file.c-ctrip.com/files/6/yuwa/0R726120009bzjzhb3FD7.pdf14.15.Lu H., Yu J., Du Y., The influence of older parents' care-giving activities on labor supply of adult children: a study based on CFPS. J Journal of finance and economics. 2017 Dec;,43(12):4—16.16.17.Liang H., From fertility desire to fertility behavior:an analysis of the determinants of the second child-bearing decision-making under the background of nationwide two-children policy. J South China Population. 2018 Apr; 33(02):1—14.18.19.Xu A., Xia Y. The changes in mainland Chinese families during the social transition: A critical analysis. Journal of comparative family studies. Special issue: Changing Chinese families. 2014 Winter; 45(1):31—53.