Clarification of a passage from the marriage law quoted in Response to Information Request CHN7194, specifically whether the law applies to those who are unmarried and under age (both conditions must be met), or to those who are either pregnant out of wedlock or have not reached the legal marriage age (either situation will trigger application of the law) [CHN12435]

The original text in Chinese of the quotation in Response to Information Request CHN7194 could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB. A translation of the original law can be found in the following article:
Population and Development Review. [New York]. June 1988. Vol. 14, No.2. Karen Hardee-Cleaveland and Judith Banister. "Fertility Policy and Implementation in China, 1986-88," p. 269.

However, Population and Development Review or translations of the law from other sources are not currently available to the DIRB.