Zhang Weiqing： Continue Adhering to the Basic State Policy of Family Planning,Unbalanced Sex Ratio Will Lead to ＂Marriage Squeeze＂

On the group discussion at the First Session of the 11^th Chinese People＇s Political Consultative Conference （CPPCC） , Zhang Weiqing, a CPPCC member and the Minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission emphasized that China has entered a baby boom period and that we should adhere to the basic state policy of family planning in the current period.     

Reorientation of the Population and Family Planning Work——Based on the Institutional Restructuring

According to the 12th National People’s Congress,China has newly founded the National Health and Family Planning Commission by merging former Ministry of Health and National Population and Family Planning Commission.The restructuring has clearly indicated the end of the"family planning comprehensive reform"and the reform of overall plan to solve the population problem,as the State Council is repositioning the population and family planning work.Under the new institution,we have opportunities together with challenges,that is,the resource allocation of medical care and public health services and that of family planning services can be optimized,but there are still contradictions and problems in the service concept and method.Besides,some typical areas of family planning work may face embarrassment,namely,full population information technology,FP system of rewards and assistance,research and consultation of floating population,etc.     

National Health and Family Planning Commission Issued Action Plan for National Health Literacy Promotion 2014-2020

正Health literacy is the ability of a person to obtain and understand basic healthcare information and service and make appropriate decisions to maintain and improve one’s own health by applying that information and service.It is not only an important indicator to evaluate health and family planning work and people’s health status,but also a     

Vice Minister Wang Pei'an paid a visit to UNFPA Headquarters

On April 12,2011,Mr.Wang Pei’ an,Vice Minister of National Population and Family Planning Commission of China (NPFPC) attended the 44th Session of UN Commission on Population and Development in New York.During the session,he paid a visit to UNFPA headquarters and had a conversation with Dr.Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA. Vice Minister Wang Pei’an reviewed the cooperation between China and UNFPA over the past thirty years.He emphasized the substantial contributions made by the cooperation to the development of China’s population and family planning.He also introduced the progressby China     

Protect the legal rights and interests of the floating population

To protect the legal rights and interests of the floating population is an important goal for improving the floating population service and management. For years, the population and family planning system has vigerously promoted the protection of rights in a convenient way and provided free family planning services, and have achieved satisfactory results.     

Prevention and Treatment of Reproductive Tract Infections

Reproductive tract infections(RTIs)prevention and treatment is one of the three major projects organized by the National Population and Family Planning Commission.The author,based on the practice of this project and the China/UNFPA reproductive health and family planning project,made some suggestions on how to improve the effectiveness of the efforts made to prevent and treat RTIs.1.Focus on people’s needs and improve public awareness about RTI prevention and treatment Reproductive tr…     

The Trend of China＇s Gini Coefficient： A Calculation by Subdividing People Groups of 2000~2009＇s National Statistic Data

To reduce the error factors on calculating China’s Gini Coefficient, this paper first subdivides people (data of 2000～2009) into multiple groups according to 3 gaps, ie. interregional, urban-rural and wealth , then sorts the groups of urban and rural according to each income level. The area method is used to calculate the Gini Coefficient. The finding shows that China’s Gini Coefficient is at a high level. It became bigger during the 10th Five-year Plan period but kept stable during the 11th Five-year Plan period. Under the rapid developmentofurbanization,theincome distribution in urban areas became one of the biggest contributive factors to Gini Coefficient.     

Li Bin addresses UN population conference

正Li Bin,minister of the China National Health and Family Planning Commission,addressed the development of China’s family planning policy.Li called upon the international community to put the population problemon the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda and to give more support for developing countries at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept22.     

A Study on the Equalization of Population and Family Planning Basic Public Services

Basic public services of family planning is different from other public services,which is designed to meet the special needs of controlling practice birth of individual and family.In fact,equalization of public services is in the public finance area.Whether to formulate standards or to establish the content of basic public services,we can’t bypass the regional differences of fiscal capacity.To provide a reliable basis of population and family planning basic public services,we estimate the funding needs of equalization quantitatively and build equalization allocation model by standard person coefficient.     

Health Attainment of Chinese People Has Been Steadily Improved

正To fully understand the levels and changing trends of health attainment of China’s urban and rural residents,comprehend health-related policies and effects of health education programmes and provid escientific basis for governments and health and family planning administrative departments at various levels to formulate health     

Li Bin： Learn and Implement in Earnest the Fundamentals of the Recently Concluded Annual Sessions of the NPC and CPPCC,and Carry out Population and Family Planning Work in a Down-to-earth Manner（Excerpt）

Li Bin, Minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, recently pointed out that the most important action we can take to implement the basic ideas of the recently concluded annual sessions of NPC and CPPCC is to carry out population and family planning work in 2008 in a down-to-earth manner according to the deployment and requirements of Premier Wen Jiabao＇s Report on the Work of the Government,     

Exploration and Establishment of the Chinese Model of Demographic Transition

Exploration of Chinese paths of socialist construction and demographic transition paralleled each other from 1949 to 1978.Mortality rate decreased rapidly during the early 1950s as a result of the public health campaign,which initiated the process of demographic transition in China.Countering the problem of rapid population growth in 1950s,China put forward the theory and the concept of "realizing planned childbearing",and the Chinese model of demographic transition was brewing.Orientation of the Chinese path of demographic transition was reinforced in the 1960s in the context of intensifying contradiction between population and socio-economic development.Finally,China launched the demographic transition by vigorously implementing population control and family planning in the 1970s in the midst of "Cultural Revolution" when the rapidly increasing size of population exerted great pressure on economic development.The Chinese path of demographic transition is determined by the changing characteristics of the times and China’s special national conditions.     

统筹解决人口问题促进人口长期均衡发展(英文)

On September 25, 1980, the CPC Central Committee issued ＂An Open Letter to All CPC Members and All Members of China Communist Youth League on the issue of Controlling Population Growth＂. The ＂Open Letter＂ is a milestone in the history of population and family planning in China, as it encouraged that one couple had one child in the 30 to 40 years that followed. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the ＂Open Letter＂,     

Shanghai Population and Family Planning Guidance & Service Centre Established

On 7 July 2011,Shanghai Population and Family Planning Guidance & Service Centre was established to reorganize resources for enhanced standard of family planning guidance and service. It is reported that the Centre will     

13~(th) World Population Day Themes Poverty, Population and Development

On July 11th, hundreds of Beijing residents from all walks of life participated in a series of activities to commemorate the 13th World Population Day, which was themed 揚overty, Population and Development? China carries 21% of the world抯 population. Since the 1970s when the family planning policy was first carried out, China has effectively brought its rapid population growth under control and achieved a low fertility level. Meanwhile, poverty-stricken population also dropped from 250 mi…     

Explanation about Areas Administered by NHFPC in Government Work Report

At 9 pm on March 5,2015,the Third Session of the 12th National People’s Congress opened at the Great Hall of the People.The session heard the report on the work of the government delivered by Li Keqiang,Premier of the State Council and examined the annual planning and budget reports.What is the progress of policy implementation of critical illness insurance?What is the next step?What new policy will be adopted in public     

Suzhou,Jiangsu:Reform of Population and Family Planning Work Based on Local Conditions

Suzhou is located in the eastern part of China,and has a relatively developed economy. Based on local conditions,the local population and family planning department explored a new focus in the reform of family planning work,based on the goal of providing legalized,personalized, socialized and market-oriented family planning services.The reform employed the following practices.     

The Soul Harbor of Families with Their Children Deceased at Their Middle Ages True-Feelings Interaction Society in Beibei District in Chongqing

With the promotion of the population and family planning committee in the district and local family planning association, the "True-Feelings Interaction Society" was founded on August 23, 2005 as one part of th"eConsolation and Assistance Action for Rural     

Mudanjiang,Heilongjiang:Reform and Innovation

A Revolutionary Change Reform by nature is a complicated undertaking;the most important thing is to develop a modern spirit and vision first.After more than 30 years of arduous efforts,China achieved a stable,low fertility rate in the late-1990s,an impressive feat.However,the country s population and family planning sector still retained many remnants of the planned-economy era, which is increasingly incompatible with socioeconomic reform.It has become imperative that the family planning sector catch up with the pace of overall reform in China. Reform against such a backdrop has therefore assumed a special importance and urgency.It is not a piecemeal fix of the original system, but rather a revolutionary change. The basic starting point is putting people first and letting people be the greatest beneficiary of reform.     

坚持计划生育基本国策稳定适度低生育水平(英文)

For 30 years, the family planning workers have made great efforts to promote the cause of family planning by carrying out the principles proposed in the ＂Open Letter＂ by CPC Central Committee, thus making an important contribution to effectively alleviating the pressure of population on environment and improving prenatal and postnatal care. However, it must be noted that China＇s population problem has always been a major economic and social development issue,