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title: "China Adopts One-Child Policy"
year: 1979
country: "China"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1979-01-01"
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# China Adopts One-Child Policy

> Deng Xiaoping's controversial population control measure shaped Chinese demographics for three decades and became a defining policy of modern China.

## Summary

China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest is one of the biggest national science competitions in China held by organizations including China Association for Science and Technology and Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. Every year, more than 10 million students from all parts of China submit their projects in local-level competitions and up to 500 projects are eventually selected for the CASTIC. A few top projects are further selected to participate in competitions including Broadcom Masters International, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, or European Union Contest for Young Scientists.

## Sources

- [China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Adolescents_Science_%26_Technology_Innovation_Contest) - Wikipedia

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