How did rules for ethnic minority families differ under the one-child policy?

Under the one-child policy, which was implemented by the Chinese government to curb rapid population growth, the program was intended to be applied universally. However, the government established specific exceptions to this rule.1

Parents belonging to certain ethnic minority groups were among those permitted to have more than one child. These exceptions were part of a broader framework that included other allowances, such as for families whose firstborn child was handicapped, or in some cases, rural families who were permitted to have two or three children.1