Indeed, the brilliant people that came up with the One Child Policy were influenced by the environmentalists in the 70s. "Although the fertility rate began to

Indeed, the brilliant people that came up with the One Child Policy were influenced by the environmentalists in the 70s. "Although the fertility rate began to decline, the Chinese government observed the global debate over a possible overpopulation catastrophe suggested by organizations such as Club of Rome and Sierra Club. While visiting Europe in 1979, one of the top Chinese officials, Song Jian, read two influential books of the movement, The Limits to Growth and A Blueprint for Survival. With a group of mathematicians, Song determined the correct population of China to be 700 million. A plan was prepared to reduce China's population to the desired level by 2080, with the one-child policy as one of the main instruments of social engineering." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy