The Office of the Party Central Committee has recently issued a document to the Central Inspection Commission, the Party committees of the Government, the National Assembly and the Ministry of Health, notifying the Politburo’s opinions regarding the review of the implementation of Resolution No. 21/2017 of the Party Central Committee on population work in the new context, as well as amendments to Party and State regulations on population policy.
At its recent meeting, the Politburo considered a proposal from the Central Inspection Commission regarding the review of regulations on handling violations of population policy, along with a report from the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health on the review of the seven-year implementation of the Resolution No. 21 and feedback from relevant agencies.
The Politburo agreed with the content, recommendations and proposals outlined in the report evaluating the seven-year implementation of Resolution No. 21 and the review results of Party regulations related to violations of population policy.
The Party Committee of the Government is tasked with directing the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health to study and incorporate the opinions of the Politburo and relevant agencies in order to finalise the Politburo’s conclusions and submit them to the Standing Committee of the Party Secretariat for review and issuance.
The Party committees of the National Assembly and the Government are asked to co-ordinate leadership and accelerate the drafting and approval of the Population Law by the National Assembly in line with the 13th Party Congress resolution, aiming for passage in 2025.
Initially, the Politburo has requested an urgent review and revision of legal documents regulating the number of children, with completion required within the first quarter of this year.
The Central Inspection Commission is requested to draft amendments to the regulations of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Party Secretariat regarding disciplinary actions for population policy violations.
It has also directed the commission to revise Guiding Document No. 05, dated November 22, 2022, to ensure that cases of having a third child or more are not subject to disciplinary action, aligning with broader legal reforms (without retroactively overturning previous disciplinary actions).
Under current regulations, Party members who have a third child are considered to have violated population policy and may face disciplinary action, except in specific cases./.