[Tianjin holds birth control commendation rally]

The Tianjin People's Government held a commendation rally on February 26 to commend 199 collectives and 407 individuals who distinguished themselves in birth control in 1980. "Huang Zhingang, 2nd secretary of the Tianjin Municipal CCP Committee; Hu Qili, secretary of the municipal CCP Committee and mayor; Liu Gang, secretary of the municipal CCP Committee and vice chairman of the municipal People's Congress Standing Committee; and Bai Hua, deputy mayor, presented banners and citations to the advanced collectives and individuals." Comrade Bai Hua addressed the rally. He said that the natural population growth rate of Tianjin in 1980 declined to 7.25/1000 and that about 195,000 couples applied for 1-child certificates. He hoped that in 1981 all residents would do a good job in controlling the population growth and make contributions to stabilizing the economy and accomplishing the 4 modernizations.