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CNN WORLD REPORT
China Introduces Family Planning Products
Aired August 19, 2001 - 14:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SHIHAB RATTANSI, CNN ANCHOR: China's strict population control policies have drawn international scrutiny. Now the government is changing its focus to reproductive health. Han Bin (ph) of China Central Television reports on an exhibit designed to promote a wide range of family planning products.
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HAN BIN, CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISION CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Talking about sex in public is rare in China. But here at the Beijing Exhibition Center, sex is no longer a taboo subject. Nearly 300 health care companies, both foreign and domestic, are here. They are presenting a variety of reproductive health products. The activity, which is the first ever held in the country, has brought great interest in methods of birth control.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The exhibition shows us that birth control is not only women having their tubes tied or using IUDs. Many choices are also open for men.
BIN: Family planning has been on top of the nation's basic state policies and guides the sustainable development of the country. One successful way to check the country's tendency toward rapid population growth has been establishing birth control services.
For the past 30 years, the Chinese government has provided all married couples with basic contraception free of charge, but with improvement of the quality of life, the demands for different types of health care products have been growing. This has resulted in the rapid development of China's reproductive health industry. Right now, there are about 1,000 products on sale, and the competition is fierce.
Liang Jinggui, manager of a condom factory, pointed out that with China's 1.3 billion population, the industry has a huge potential market.
LIANG JINGGUI, CONDOM MANUFACTURER: The top priority is to guarantee the quality of the product. The standard of packaging should also be further improved, and more promotion is needed to create name brand products.
BIN: Liang's factory has just been designated as the U.N. Population Fund's only condom provider in China. It won the bid worth $17 million U.S. This is a landmark step for Chinese reproductive health products to enter the international market. This is Han Bin (ph) of China Central Television for CNN WORLD REPORT.
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