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The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) was a cabinet-level executive department under the State Council which is responsible for providing information, raising health awareness and education, family planning, ensuring the accessibility of health services, monitoring the quality of health services provided to citizens and visitors in the mainland, population and family planning in the People's Republic of China. In March 2018, the ministry was dissolved and its functions were integrated into the new agency called the National Health Commission.
The Ministry is created from the former Ministry of Health and National Population and Family Planning Commission. This was announced at the 2013 National People's Congress.
From 16 March 2013 to March 2018, the commission is headed by Li Bin.
In March 2018, the ministry was dissolved and its functions were integrated into the new agency called the National Health Commission as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.[1]
The enforcement agency, euphemistically known as Family Planning, has long been infamous for its brutality. If people couldn't pay the crippling fines for excess births—up to many times a family's annual income—officials would vandalize their homes, knocking down roofs and doors, and confiscate furniture, cattle, and pigs. They have also been rumored to steal babies, delivering them to orphanages and likely receiving kickbacks in return.[2]
The commission reports directly to the State Council. Its functions include: [3]