Work Hard and Forge Ahead to Further Promote the Prosperity of Population Science——Summary of the 8th Congress & 2014 Annual Meeting of China Population Association

正On 1and 2 September 2014,China Population Association grandly convened the 8th Congress2014Annual Meeting of China Population Association in Beijing and smoothly completed the re-election of its executive council.The annual meeting of China Population Association has been a great communication event held once every year for the academia.In regard to the new conditions,patterns and features of China’s population,economic and social development,demographers     

Assessment of Maternal Health Care——Facts and Figures from the 2003 Baseline Survey of UNFPA／China RH／FP Project

According to the Program of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development at Cairo in 1994, reproductive healthcare in the context of primary health care should include education and services for prenatal care, safe delivery and post-natal care, especially breastfeeding and infant and women‘s health care.     

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,     

Contraceptive Knowledge and Use——-Facts and figures from 2003 baseline survey of UNFPA／China RH／FP Project

Introduction One of the principal objectives of the ICPD Program of Action is to provide quality and client-centred reproductive health services to enable women and couples to have informed contraceptive choices and the means to access a wide range of methods, without any form of discrimination or compulsion. The UNFPA launched its fifth country program in China during 2003 in 30 counties selected on the basis of their willingness and leadership commitment to move towards the ICPD prin…     

全面实施“七彩人生—幸福工程”

江苏省南京市下关区在人口计生工作转型发展中,不断深化综合改革,优化人口公共服务,全面实施＂七彩人生—幸福家庭＂工程,通过＂人生七期、服务上门＂的模式,彰显＂亲情化、个性化、互动式＂的特色,形成＂融入大人口,整合大资源,服务大家庭＂的格局,进一步提升群众的幸福感和满意度,助推和谐下关人口计生工作的跨越式发展。     

Invisible Reality——A large scenery in the mind of contemporary humanity

Zhuang Zhong is a painter who shows his artistic character in his early stage among oil painters born in 1970’s. Dated back to 1 994 before he graduated from university,his The First Snow since the Winter Solstice was awarded as an Outstanding Work in the Eight National Fine Art Exhibition. It not only made him an outstanding person among painters of the nearly same age,but also made him stand out in the field of oil painting in Jiangsu. The reason The First Snowfall since the Winter Solstice attracts people’s notice lies in that the picture plane turn ordinary mountains and champaign     

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,     

12.0055 Million Registered Floating Population Accounts for 82% of the Total Population in Shenzhen

According to Yangcheng Evening News, as of May 18, 2010, the total registered floating population of Shenzhen has reached 12.0055 million, along with the 2.46 million existing resident population, making the total population of Shenzhen 14.4655 million, of which the floating population takes up 82%.     

Beijing＇s Elderly Population Will Top 4 Million,About 1/5 of the Total Population 10 Years Later

Launched in April 2010, by June 10, the Fifth Outstanding Scientific Research Award of Chinese Population Science has by June 10 received 284 research results, including 142 papers, 82 monographs, 60 reports and others. A total of 2.50 entries won the prizes for monographs, papers and reports. Among them,     

Education Status of the Chinese Population： An Overview

The educational level of the population not only reflects the quality of the workforce but also the educational level of a country or region. According to the 1990 and 2000 population censuses, the educational level of China has improved significantly. As shown in Table 1, the number of people with various levels of education has increased considerably, and in particular, the number of people with higher education has grown.     

Statistical Communique of the People＇s Republic of China on the 2013 National Economic and Social Development

General Outlook
By the end of 2013, the total population in the mainland reached 1,360.72 million, an increase of 6.68 million over that at the end of 2012. Of this total, urban permanent residents numbered 731.11million, accounting for 53.73 percent, or 1.16 percentage points higher than that at the end of the previous year. The year 2013 saw 16.40 million births, a crude birth rate of 12.08 per thousand, and 9.72 million deaths, or a crude death rate of 7.16 per thousand.     

Exploring the Fear of Birth Scale in a mixed population of women of childbearing age—A Swedish pilot study

Aim

The aim of this pilot study was to explore the Fear of Birth Scale in a mixed sample of women of childbearing age, by investigating the levels of childbirth fear and the content of women’s thoughts when completing the scale.

Statistical Communique of the People＇s Republic of China on the 2010 National Economic and Social Development（Excerpt）

National Bureau of Statistics of China February 28,2011 General Outlook In 2010,the gross domestic product (GDP) was 39 798.3 billion yuan, up by 10.3%over the previous year.In terms of different industries,the value added of the primary industry was 4 049.7 billion yuan,up by 4.3%;that of the secondary industry was 18 648.1 billion yuan,up by 12.2%and the tertiary industry 17 100.5 billion yuan,up by 9.5%.The value added of the primary industry accounted for 10.2%of the GDP, that of the secondary industry 46.8%,and that of the tertiary industry 43.0%. The general level of consumer prices of the year was up by 3.3%against the previous year:the first quarter up by 2.2%,the second 2.9%,the third 3.5%,and the fourth 4.7%.Of this,the prices for food went up by 7.2%and the     

Scaling up the Quality of Care Approach

Like the pilot project, the scaling up of the quality of care approach is also new in China and requires continued research and exploration. In July 2003, the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC) drew on the experience of scaling up the quality of care project and decided to launch a campaign to select and commend model counties (cities/districts) in implementing the project in order to set an example for different regions with different economies and ensure the quali…     

Statistical Communique on the Development of China＇s Undertakings for the Elderly in 2010 （Excerpts）

Basic Information of the elderly population in 2010 According to data of the sixth national census in 2010, the size of population aged 60 or above had reached 177.65 million, accounting for 13.26% of the total     

Basic Situation of Chinese Flowing Population Development

According to the study organized by National Population and Family Planning Commission of China, in the future, Chinese population migration will continue to increase massively and steadily, while showing a tendency of new alternation.     

Set Up and Improve a Statistic and Monitoring System for the Whole Floating Population

To scientifically understand the size, structure, distribution and the trends of changes in the floating population and pay close attention to the survival and development situation of the floating population, the family planning departments make full use of the advantages of the network to speed up the formulation and improvement of the statistical and monitoring system for the whole floating population. The system is featured by ＂timely data collection, dynamic monitoring, comprehensive analysis and scientific decision-making＂.