The average dowry in China has reached about $20,50 in recent years. The imbalance in the number of male and female births came as one of the consequences of imposing the one-child policy in China for 4 decades.
The ruling Communist Party organized seminars for women over marriageable age to sign a pledge to refrain from asking for dowry and marriage gifts. municipal officials published that the seminars aimed to stop the backward dowry habit, and for women to do their part to start a new civilized era.