title: Farmers' paintings promote family planning.
abstract: Longyan Prefecture in West Fujian has a long and noble tradition of folk painting.  The local authorities have made use of all forms of art, including folk painting, to promote the implementation of the family planning program.  Folk painters in Longyan Prefecture have fully displayed their talent in producing numerous paintings to increase the population awareness of the public, depict people's keenness to respond to calls by the government for practicing family planning, and show the progress they have made in integrating family planning with economic development in rural areas.  Most painters are farmers, while some are grassroots government officials working in towns and townships.  They applied this ancient form of art to serving the great cause of controlling population growth and improving the quality of life in the country.  Selected paintings were exhibited first in Fujian Province and then in Beijing, and have won several awards.  Some of them were shown in Britain, America, Denmark, and the Philippines.
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003142:Communication; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008402:Mass Media; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population
keywords: Asia; China; Communication; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Family Planning; Folk Media; Marketing; Mass Media; Population; Population Characteristics; Promotion; Rural Population