National ＂Care for Girls Youth Volunteer Action＂ Pilot Program Launches

In January 2008, the National Population and Family Planning Commission and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League jointly launched the ＂Care for Girls Youth Volunteer Action＂ pilot program throughout the nation. The pilot project will span the years from 2008 to 2010 ,and after that ,the Action will be scaled up around the nation.     

Shanghai Launches ＂Thousand Talents Program＂ to Introduce High-Level Overseas Talents

According to Shanghai Government Network, while striving to promote the internationalization of the local talents, Shanghai municipal government has officially unveiled the ＂Suggestions by Shanghai Municipality About Implementing the Program of Introduing High-level Overseas Talents＂, with which the local ＂Thousand Talents Program＂ was started up. According to the program, the municipality will bring in a batch of high-level and urgently-needed talents from abroad within 5-10 years,     

Publicity Activity of 2013 ＂World Population Day＂ was Held in Beijing

The thematic publicity activity marking the 2013 World Population Day, jointly sponsoredby National Health and Family Planning Commission （NHFPC）, Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and China Family Planning Association （CFPA）, was held on July 11, 2013 at Renmin University of China. Mine. Li Bin, Minister of NHFPC,     

OIn Average Three People in the Working-age Population Supported One Senior Resident iIn Shanghai

According to Xinhuan Net,by the end of 2011,the dependency ratio of the elderly to the working-age population in Shanghai was 36.6,which meant oin average every three people in the working-age population supported one senior resident. As Sshown in "Monitoring and Statistical Survey System of Shanghai’s Elderly Population and Old-Age Undertakings",by 201131 December 312011,the total population withunder Shanghai household registration in Shanghai was 14.1936 million, with 24..5% of whom were elderly population aged 60 or above.In addition,since     

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     

Shanghai Expects a Baby Boom in 2006

A population forecast released by the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission showed that the number of newborns will rise considerably since 2006. By 2009, the number is expected to reach about 145,600, if calculated by household registration. If calculated by permanent residency, the number will rise to 165,600. The first baby boom in Shanghai came in the 1950s. By inertia, the second one came in the 1980s. By the end of 2003, Shanghai had a permanent population of about 17 m…     

Fertility Desires Are Changing in Shanghai

In Shanghai, one of Chinas most developed cities, young people with higher education tend to desire more children than other age groups, according to a recent survey conducted by the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission. The survey, conducted among people aged 18-30, indicated that the number of desired children increased with the level of education. Specifically, it was 1.03 for primary schooling and below, 1.08 for junior middle schooling, 1.09 for senior middle school and s…     

World Population Day Commemoration Meeting Took Place in Tianjin

To commemorate the 22nd World Population Day, advocate the whole society to pay attention to and explore the global issure of population and development, demonstrate the achievements     

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.     

Overall improvement of the standard for the family planning service level of the floating population

To strengthen the management of family planning services to the floating population is an important task to solve the population issue under the new situation in China. In 2006, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC） and the State Council made a ＂Decision on Overall Strengthening of the Population and Family Planning Work to Address the Population Issue In an Allround Way＂, which took the floating population service management as one of the five major tasks for addressing the population issue under the new situation.     

Increase In Population Inflow In The Yangtze River Delta

The cooperative research project Research on Population Migration and Floating Trend in the Yangtze River Delta Region and Improvement in Social Management of Urban Agglomeration of the Forum for the Coordination of Urban Economy of the Yangtze River Delta Region has been completed recently. It is reported that there are 7 cities with migrant population reaching million-level among the 22 cities in the region, including Shanghai (9.60 million), Suzhou (4.09 million), Ningbo (1.87 million),     

Control Sex Ratio at Birth,Promote the Balanced Development of Population --An Interview with Professor Zhai Zhenwu

Professor Zhai Zhenwu, born in February 1954, is now a member of the National Population and Family Planning Committee of Experts and Director of the Demography Institute under the Key Research Institutes of Humanities and Social Science of the Ministry of Education. Besides, as a doctoral supervisor and one of the academic leaders in China＇s population studies, he now serves as the Dean of the School of Sociology and Population Studies and the Director of the Population and Development Research Center in Renmin University of China. Moreover, he is also the Chairman of Beijing Population Society and Executive Vice Chairman of China Population Society. Right now, he is devoted to demography and the study of population, resources and environmental economics.     

Promote the Long-term Balanced Development of Population; Build a Society with Balanced Population——A Summary of China Population Association Annual Meeting （2010）

China Population Association Annual Meeting was held on July 3-4 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, with ＂ Promote the Long-term Balanced Development of Population; Build Society with Balanced Population ＂ as its hot topic. Distinguished demographers, economists and sociologists, such as Hong Yinxing from Nanjing University, Zhai Zhenwu from Renmin University of China, Peng Xizhe from from Nankai University, Fudan University,     

China Population and Development——National Population and Family Planning Commission of China September 2004

An International Forum on Population and Development was held during, September 7-9 in Wuhan, capital city of central China‘s Hubei Province, to mark the lOth anniversary of both the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Partners in Population and Development (PPD). Jointly organized by PPD, the National Population and Family Planning, Commission of China and the Population, Resources and Environment Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese People‘s Political Consultative Conference, the forum was attended by about 400 participants front member countries of the Partners, international organizations, NGOs and donor institutions. Following is a full text of the cottntry report submitted by China to the conference.     

China-ASEAN Forum on Population and Family Development was successfully held in Nanning

According to UN prediction, world population will reach 7 billion by the end of October 2011.At this time,National Population and Family Planning Commission of China(NPFPC) and the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region jointly hosted the China-ASEAN Forum on Population and Family Development in Naning,capital of Guangxi on October 11-12,2011.More than a hundred representatives from government departments of ASEAN countries, relevant international organizations, non-governmental organizations and relevant embassies in China,officials     

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＂,     

How to react to the challenge of ＂Getting Old Before Getting Rich＂ --.Interview with Professor Cai Fang

Cai Fang was born in September 1956 in Beijing. He graduated in Renmin University of China and then got his doctorate in economics from the Graduate School of China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Now, he is CASS Academic Committee Member and Director General of Institute of Population and Labour Economics. In 1998, he received the national title of Young Expert with Outstanding     

NPFPC Releases Ten Convenience and Rights-protecting Measures on Family Planning for the Floating Population and Peasant Workers

On January 4th, 2007, the National Population and Family Planning Commission released the Ten Convenience and Rights-protecting Measures on Family Planning for the Floating Population and Peasant Workers.     

China and World Population Development： Theory,Problem and Solution——An Overview of the Speeches at the First International Seminar on Frontiers and Perspectives of Demographic Research

In May 2010, the First International Seminar on Frontiers and Perspectives of Demographic Research and the release of the Demography Volume of the UNESCO-EOLSS （Chinese version）, hosted by China Population and Development Research Center （CPDRC） and co-organized by Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies （CHADS） at National Schoolof Development of Peking University,     

中国和世界人口发展:理论、问题和对策——首届人口研究前沿与展望国际研讨会综述(英文)

In May 2010,the First International Seminar on Frontiers and Perspectives of Demographic Research and the release of the Demography Volume of the UNESCO-EOLSS (Chinese version),hosted by China Population and Development Research Center(CPDRC) and co-organized by Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies(CHADS) at National School