A Study on the Feminization of Old Population in China

Based on the data of World Population Prospects 2010 visions, the paper analysis the feminization of old population in China. It is proved that like most countries of the world there exists the feminization of old population in China population, but both the level of the feminization of old population and the proportion of the oldest women among old women are much lower than the other countries. The paper point out that the higher mortality of female caused by gender discrimination in China contributes to the exceptional status of China. As the female mortality decreases with the socieconomic development, the level of feminization of old population in China will increase in the next decades.     

A Study on the Sustainability and the Reform of Current Endowment Insurance Mode

Ⅰ. Current Situation and Prospect of Population Aging China has successfully realized the transformation of population reproduction pattern in a relatively short period; and the age structure of its population has changed accordingly, resulting in the     

Actively Cope with Population Aging,Improve the Comprehensive Macro-countermeasures

Ⅰ. The trend and characteristics of population aging in China The International Year of Senior Citizens was in 1999. Coincidentally,the Chinese population aged 60 and above exceeded 10 percent of the total population in February 20,1999     

China Has Already Included 97.12 Million Senior Residents Aged over 65 into Health Management

On October 11,2012,Ministry of Public Health held a routine press conference.Kong Lingzhi,Deputy Director General of Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention of Ministry of Public Health introduced relevant work in elderly healthcare. Kong said the number of the aging population aged over 60 in China had reached 178 million by the end of 2010, accounting for 13.26%of the total population;and those aged over 65 had reached 119 million,accounting for 8.9%of the total population.China is the only nation in the world with more than 100 million old people. Characteristics of population aging in China are large population size,fast population growth and advanced age.Incidence and     

Quantitative Analysis on the Impact of Urbanisation on Chinese Population Aging

This paper systematically studies the impact of fertility, mortality, initial age structure and rural-urban migration on population aging in rural and urban China from 2000 to 2010. The results show that urbanisation plays a crucial role in population aging in both rural and urban areas and its inf luence is closely linked to the age pattern of the migrants. One third of young rural population transformed into urban population during that period. The contribution of rural-urban migration to population aging in rural areas is 43.4 percent, which is higher than any inf luences from population’s natural changes, and is dominant in population aging in the countryside. Rural-urban migration contributes-118.0 percent to population aging in urban areas by reducing the proportion of aged population and its influence was only lower than that of the initial age structure. The impact of urbanisation on population aging in towns is relatively limited. Among factors from population’s natural changes, the inf luence of the initial age structure is higher than those from changes of mortality and fertility. The paper discusses the causes and developmental trends of impact of urbanisation on population aging between rural and urban areas, and addresses some policy recommendations to deal with socio-economic challenges.     

National Floating Population Reached 200 Million,Equalization of Family Planning Public Services in 49 Pilot Cities

The main characters of today’s floating population have changed. Following the progress of urbanization,China is experiencing the greatest migration of floating population in history. By 2010,the floating population had reached 221 million,and the Post- 80s generation became the majority.How to promote social integration for the floating population turned to be an issue needed to be considered. On 28 Februaryist March,National Population and Family Planning Commission held the meeting of"strengthening and innovating in service ma-     

Multi-scale Studies on the Space Consistency between Population Distribution and Economic Development in China

The relationship between population distribution and economic development has attracted much attention for a long time.Space consistency between population distribution and economic development in China was evaluated in different temporal and spatial scales using qualitative and quantitative analysis methods through constructing the Consistency of Population and Economy Index and Consistency Deviation Index since the reform and opening-up.The results showed that:At the county level,the degree of population agglomeration was higher than that of economy agglomeration from 2000 to2010.Population agglomeration showed obvious economic oriented characteristics,and the agglomeration of population and economy was steadily optimized.At the provincial level,space consistency between population distribution and economic development enhanced gradually during 2000～2010.And,the disparity of space consistency decreased due to the narrowing regional economic disparity.At the regional and national levels,the space consistency in eastern region was basically stable,the middle region kept the best record,the western region was in decline,while the northeast region showed a slight increasing trend.The nation space consistency showed a decreasing trend from 1978 to 2010.     

Education Status of the Chinese Population: An Overview

Current SituationThe educational level of the population not onlyreflects the quality of the workforce but also theeducational level of a country or region. According tothe 1990 and 2000 population censuses, theeducational level of China has improved significantly.As shown in Table 1, the number of people withvarious levels of education has increasedconsiderably, and in particular, the number of peoplewith higher education has grown.With continuous improvement of people’seducational le…     

Population of Macao exceeds 550,000 people

The latest population data released from Statistics and Census Service of Macao SAR Government showed there were 552,300 people by the end of 2010. Compared to the number of people by the end of 2009,there was an increase of 10,100 people or 1.9% of its total population. Statistics have shown that there were 5,114 newborns and 1,774 deaths in 2010,an increase of 7.3% and 6.6%respectively compared     

The Economic Pressure of Population Ageing in China and Its Regulation

By adopting the AECI Index Method proposed by the author and using method of population simulation,this paper analyzes quantitatively the trend,intensity and regulation of the economic pressure of population ageing in China,and compares China with other countries.It draws the following conclusions:(1) China will face great economic pressure due to population ageing in the first half of this century.According to the medium projection,the pressure will increase most rapidly during the period from the middle of 2020s to the end of 2030s,and reach its peak around 2040 when the intensity of the pressure may quadruple that in 2010.(2) The great economic pressure of population ageing may remarkably reduce China’s development momentum.(3) To ease the pressure,we should rely mainly on economic measures,supplemented by population control measures.(4) To gradually liberalize the prevailing birth control policy on the premise of sticking to the state policy of family planning is a rational approach to regulate the economic pressure of population ageing in China.On the one hand,this can ease the possible economic pressure of ageing in the future,and on the other hand,it can control the pressure of population size within an endurable limit.     

The Difference of Urban and Rural Ageing and Its Transition

In the process of population ageing in China, rural population has an increasingly higher proportion of elderly than the cities;it has been widely cited as one of the characteristics of population ageing in China. This paper compared China with o~her countries and reveals that the phenomenon of higher elderly proportion in rural population than the urban is universal in the world. The research finding shows that the urban-rural inversion of population ageing will not last for a long time. With the socioeconomic development, large-scale rural-urban migration and urbanization will approach to the end;the proportion of the urban elderly will eventually exceed that in the rural. During this process, the transition of urban-rural difference of population ageing will experience four phases.     

Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People＇s Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census（No.2）

Notes: 1.All figures in the Communique are preliminary results. 2.Resident population of a given town/street include: people living in the current town/street where their household registration is located or with their household registration to be settled;people living in the current town/street and leaving the town/street of their household registration for over 6 months;people leaving the town/street of their household registration for less than 6 months or working or studying overseas,with their household registration located in the current town/ street. 3.National total in this table do not include po- pulation of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,Macao Special Administrative Region or Taiwan Area. 4.Refers to the proportion of resident population of all provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities to the national total(including servicemen and population with permanent residence difficult to define).     

Major Challenges for China＇s Floating Population and Policy Suggestions： An Analysis of the 2010 Population Census Data

This study analyzes the trends and current characteristics of floating population in China and the major challenges they arc facing, on the basis of the latest population census data. The research shows that the size of floating population has increased continuously and rapidly, their mobility intensity is weakening, migration destinations are beginning to decentralize, majority of the migrants are moving with their spouses and more and more of them are taking their young children with them, the new-generation floaters whom wereborn after 1980 account for more than half of the entire floating population. The floaters are facing challenges such as unemployment, lack of social security, inequality in children＇s education, and barriers in social integration. This article proposes corresponding suggestions. The problem of new-generation floaters and floating children should be addressed adequately, and there is an urgent need to accelerate the establishment of social security for migrants.     

Why the Total Fertility Rate of 2010 Population Census is so Low?

The total fertility rate of 2010 population census hits a new low record.Careful analysis shows that such a new low fertility rate is mainly resulted from the declined fertility rate in first parity despite the slightly increased fertility rates in second order and over.The total fertility rate at first parity has fallen the most among the rural residents due to remarkably postponed age of marriage or child-bearing,so ever large percentage of unmarried women in their bearing age helps to depress the fertility rate at first parity.After excluding the parity structural effect of women,measured with the progressive fertility rates,the levels of the 2010census have kept almost the same as those in year 2005.Therefore,fertility decline in the latest census cannot be simply attributed to under-reported births.In addition,the latest census turns out that the life fertility rate is around 1.5,almost reaching to the requirement of current fertility policy.     

In China the Number of Population in Extreme Poverty Has Reduced from 43% in 1981 to 13%

The report on"World Development Indicator"released by The World Bank on 2013 April 17th stated that the ratio of population living in extreme poverty in China to that in the world reduced from 43%in 1981 to 13%in 2010.China had made great contribution to the world in poverty reduction.According to the report of the World Bank,from 1981 to 2010,the top     

The Large Population in China: A Major Obstacle to Modernization?

"A large population" has long been the most prominent national condition of China. Whilepopulation research has been of 20 years in China, the relationship between population andmodernization attracts not much attention, and in the practical life, population issues are typically regarded as issues of population quantity which in turn are oversimplified as fertility issues. Hence, a misunderstanding is prevailing that "a large population" is the whole thing ofChina's population problems. This issue of "Population and Development Forum" attempts to open up views objectively toexamine the actual situation of "a large population in China", and to bring together the wisdom of different disciplines on population problems influencing the process of modermization.     

The Change and Trend of Population Momentum in China since 60 Years

This paper calculates total population momentum,urban and rural population momentum and agespecific population momentum in China since 60 years.The main findings and conclusions are as follows:Firstly,the power of population momentum of the positive growth is disappearing rapidly;Secondly,the cities are in the turning point of population momentum from positive to the negative growth while China’ s population growth was wholly attributable to momentum in the rural areas;Thirdly,China’ s population momentum of positive growth mainly is due to substantial growth of the old.     

Four Periods of Population Aging Forecast in China

Researchers forecast that in the 2100s, China willexperience four periods of population aging:Period of accelerated increase (1999-2010): Theproportion of the elderly will rise by an annualaverage of 0.1 percentage point. China has alreadybecome all aged society; however, the pace of aginghas not been so fast.Period of fast increase (2010-2040): This is theperiod when China's population aging develops thefastest. Annually, the proportion will increase by 0.4percentage point oil average.Perio…     

Current Situation and Recent Analysis of the Floating Population in Beijing

In this article, the author analyzed the structure,d istribution,f inancial conditions and living conditions of the floating population in Beijing based on the statistics in th"eSurvey on 1‰ of the Floating Population in Beijing (2006)". The research shows that:     

Interpretation of Measures for the Management of Population HealthInformation （Trial）

正According to relevant laws and regulations,National Health and Family Planning Commission(NHFPC)has formulated and issued Measures for the Management of Population Health Information(Trial)in order to regulate the management of population health information;enhance interconnection,sharing and utilization of population