数字解读(英文)

50.1 Percent The Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission recently conducted a survey of 4,800 adults aged 20-30,who were single children.Some 50.1 percent of the respondents said they hoped to have a second child.     

两纲之窗

Improving Families'Health中国家庭健康大会在京召开The 2019 China Family Health Conference opened in Beijing on December 7.The Population Culture Development Center,under China's National Health Commission(NHC),and the Family Health Special Committee,under the Chinese Medical Information and Big Data Association,sponsored the event.Gu Xiulian,Vice-Chairperson of the 1 Oth NPC(National People's Congress)Standing Committee,and Zhang Dongmei.Member of the Secretariat of the All.China Women's Federation(ACWF),spoke during the meeting.     

国际交流

Asian Women Parliamentarians,Ministers Focus on Education亚洲女议员女部长聚焦教育问题On November 27 and 28,2007,the Fifth Asian Women Parliamentarians' and Ministers' Conference was held in Beijing. The event was sponsored by the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development,and co-hosted by the Education,Science,Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People's Congress(NPC)and the All-China Women's Federation(ACWF).     

Program of Happiness in Badong Mountain Areas

In 1997, mothers of 57 poor families in Chadianzi and Lucongpo townships in Badong County, Hubei Province, became beneficiaries of the Program of Happiness, which is co-sponsored by the China Population Fund, the China Family Planning Association and China Population News     

Cheering On Women Journalists

RECENTLY, a special seminar on Lu Xiaofei's news works was held at the People's Daily, the most authoritative newspaper in China. Lu is editor-in-chief of the page "Local News of the Nation" for the People's Daily. She is one of some 200 women journalists who has made a name for herself at the newspaper. Her work, Real Facts on the Issue of the Tibet Population, reflects the sensitivity and     

Program of Happiness: Changing Poor Mothers' Lives

THE Program of Happiness is a nationalaction plan aiming to help poormothers in poverty-stricken areas.Itwas jointly launched in February 1995 by theChina Population Welfare Foundation,ChinaFamily Planning Association and thenewspaper,China Population. In China,there are three groups whoneed the most help—women,children and thes     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

China Plans to Stabilize Population Growth by the '30s of the Next Century On November 19, 1997, China's State Councilor, Song Jian, revealed that China should be able to achieve control of population growth about thirty years into the next century, when the Chinese population reaches 1.5 to 1.6 billion.     

Headgear for Women in Peking Opera

1.The helmet of Mu Guiying in the Women Generals of the Yang’S.2.The coronet.3.The headgear of the Manchu women.4.The headgear of the heroine in The White Snake。5.The headgear of the ordinary women.6.The helmet of GeneraI She in the Women Generals of the Yang’S.Headgear for Women in Peking Opera…     

行动(英文)

China to Establish Electronic Reproductive-health Records 2015年中国将建育龄妇女生殖健康电子档案 During the recent "Caring for Women's Reproductive Health" forum, officials of the Reproduction Health Sub-association of the Chinese Population Society told the media that they plan, with Jilin Province's Xiuzheng Medical Corporation, to hold     

Chinese Cabbage and Katydid

The art of carving oxbone crafts goes back 300 years. The crafts vary in style and are most commonly found in Yixian County, Hebei Province. These crafts are made from the hipbone and legbone of the ox. The exquisite carving of the cabbage and intricate inlay work of the katydid is especially vivid. The carving is associated with the natural world in autumn.     

Hani Women Gear Up for Opening

Most of the 1.253 million Hani people live in mountainous areas between the Honghe and Lancang rivers in the south of Yunnan Province. The Hani language, with a Latin alphabet similar to the Yi language, was formulated in 1957. Both the Hani and Yi nationalities evolved from the ancient Qiang people. The tribe, called Heyi 300 B.C., is said to be the ancestors of the Hani. The tribe moved south to Mount Ailao and Mount Wuliang, the present home of the Hani. The social development of the Hani was unbalanced at the founding of New China in 1949. The area inhabited by the Hani nationality belonged to the feudal society, with some areas still at the end of the primitive society. The Hani people tend to live in the mountainous areas at between 1000- 2500 meters above sea level. The Hani, who have engaged in agriculture for generations, have mastered method for reclaiming the terraced fields, which was included in the "Agriculture Encyclopedia" by Xu Guangqi, a scientist in the Ming Dynasty. The Hani have a long h     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

Xinjiang has made remarkable achieve-ments in the implementation of mother-and-child health care. Another five-year international cooperative project in mother-and-child hygiene has been formally undertaken in Xinjiang. From 1990 to 1995, Xinjiang success-fully fulfilled an international cooperative project "Strengthen grassroots Service on Mother-and-Child Care and Family Planning in China," subsidized by UNICEF,the United Nations Population Foundation and the World Health Organization. Seven prefectures and 16 counties and     

多彩活动庆中欧建交30周年(英文)

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations, the European Commission Delegation in Beijing held some special competitions this year. The painting competition with the theme of "EU and Me" was open to students of the 3,000 EU-sponsored primary schools in Gansu Province. The competition was organized by the EU Delegation, together with the Department of Education of Gansu Province and the EU-China Basic Education Project. The 10 winners were invited to Beijing, as guests of the delegation, for three days of fun including Children's Day celebrations. The Gansu Basic Education Project is jointly     

关注

China's Population Reaches 1.3 Billion中国迎来13亿人口日At 00:02 on January 6, 2005, the crying of a newborn boy at Beijing Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital announced that China's population has reached 1.3 billion (excluding the population of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). Now China's population accounts for 21 percent of that     

Twenty-Year Reunion

A massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale struck the city of Tangshan at 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976. The city, which had history of well over 100 years and a population of over one million people, was left in ruins. The violent earthquake killed 242,469 people, with 164,851 people sustaining injuries, 2,652 children under 16 years of age left as orphans and 885 elderly people as widowers. Some 96 percent of the city's buildings and houses collapsed, with a direct economic loss of 10 billion yuan. Earthquake tremors spread over a two million square kilometer area, with hundreds of millions people placed in peril by the natural disaster.The Tangshan earthquake set a record as the world's strongest earthquake of the century. The people of Tangshan have set a new record for the rate of reconstruction accomplished over the past 20 years. The support of the People's Liberation Army and people across the nation combined with the unyielding efforts of survivors led to the establishment of a new Ta     

China Organizing Committee Selects Posters to Promote UN FWCW (See back cover)

(left, above) Designed by Cao Xianghui, Beijing Institute of Design THE general appearance of the picture is made up of three arms which are colored yellow, white and black, which represent women of different races. The arms hold each other tightly, making the Chinese character nu, which means woman. The earth shown in the middle of the embrace represents the unity of the women of the world. The patterns on the sleeves represent Asia, Africa and Europe, the different cultures and traditions of the world which enriches the color of the     

Conditions of Elderly Chinese Women

ACCORDING to the fourth national census in 1990, the population of women over the age of 60 had reached 51 million. With the increasing population of elderly people, the number of elderly women is becoming larger and larger The number of women who are 80 or more. is twice that of men over age 80. The problems of elderly women are attracting public attention. The information given in this article mainly comes from the 1990 national census except where noted otherwise.     

Woman Village Leader and The Red Peppers

YU Hua, 28, deputy head of Sanduan Village is very proud of her village. As she welcomes visitors, she is sure to let them know: "Our red peppers were reported in the Chinese Population News." Red peppers grown in Sanduan Village are distinctive for their good quality, bright color, and pure hot taste Traders came to the village to buy red peppers. Thus their reputation grew quickly and the village head was even invited to Beijing to take part in a     

The Changxin Palace Lantern

The Changxin Palace Lantern wasexcavated from the tomb of Dou Wan,wife of the Zhongshanjing Prince LiuSheng, in Mancheng, Hebei Province in1968. It is 48 cm high and gilded all over.The support of the lantern is in the shapeof a pretty maid of honor in a kneelingposition. The maid's dress specifically reflectsthe women's dressing during the HanDynasty. Under the conceal of her sedateappearance is a trace of sadness. Holdingthe lantern with her left hand, her right     

黎族风情(英文)

Members of the Li minority, one of China's 55 ethnic groups, mainly live in the center and southwest of Hainan Province. The Li population exceeds 1.3 million. The origin of their language is closely linked with the Li branch of the Zhuang-Dong languages from the Han-Zang phylum.