In 2013, lawyer Wu Youshui filed an information disclosure request, revealing that fines for exceeding birth quotas in 2012 totaled around 30 billion yuan
In 2013, Zhejiang lawyer Wu Youshui applied for information disclosure, revealing that China's total fines for exceeding birth quotas in 2012 amounted to about 30 billion yuan; scholars estimate that over more than 30 years of enforcing the one-child policy, total fines reached 1.5 to 2 trillion yuan, and local governments have never disclosed where the money went.