Beijing's new regulations for population and family planning stress the importance of the government's service to the general public.

The regulation, which is due to take effect September 1, requires governments at various levels to offer assistance to one-child families, providing preferential treatment in areas such as finance, insurance, medical service, education, employment and the like.

According to the regulation, each parents of a one-child family will receive 1,000 yuan, or 120 US dollars, as bonuses when they retire. If the only child loses the ability to work or dies, parents will receive compensation of 5,000 yuan from the local government.

As the most populous country in the world, China has been promoting a family planning program for more than 30 years which helped it achieve coordinated development between population and economy.

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