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     

The research of Longevity Population of the Sixth Census in China

The concept of＂urbanization on city and town level＂ is an expression of Chinese version, or a mainland understanding of China. However, city and town are on the different levels. In the light of census＇ measures on city population＂ and ＂town population, the paper tries to analyze population size aud its change on both ＂city＂ and ＂town＂ levels： to compare the different population density and their effect; to observe the mobile population between ＂city＂ and ＂town＂ level, and their age structure. The paper tries to explain two demographic effects fiom ＂city＂ and ＂town＂ levels on the course of Chinese urbanization.     

Hong Kong Population to Increase in Three Decades

The population in China抯 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will increase from 6.72 million at present to 8.72 million in 2032 at an annual growth rate of 0.9%, according to Hong Kong SAR statistics. Ninety-three percent of the net increase of two million will be new immigrants and 7% natural growth. Of the new immigrants, 82% will come from mainland China. At present, 150 mainlanders come to Hong Kong for settlement every day, or 54,000 a year. About 40% of them are children. Th…     

Water Pollution Threatens Northwest China

Nearly 80 percent of the population in northwestChina are living in an environment with serious ormoderate water pollution, according to a recent report by the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The report characterized water pollution in this region into three categories: serious, moderate and clean. Seriously polluted areas include: sections of the main streams of the Yellow River and Weihe River, theShule River valley and Yili River valley where 21major cities are located. Water in the…     

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.     

China’s Urbanization Strategy

This research develops specific goals,paths and strategies of urbanization in China upon analyzing the Chinese characteristics and future trends of urbanization.Urbanization will become basic national conditions of China’s future social development,which will have significant impacts on the sources and driving forces of future prosperity and development.However,current challenges in China’s urbanization are that population urbanization lags behind industrialization and land urbanization,and urbanization of the household registered population lags behind urbanization of the resident population.China’s urbanization development will be shifted from a pure speed approach to an approach combining speed with quality during the "Twelfth Five-Year plan" period,and the economic reform will enter into a new stage characterized by promoting in-depth urbanization and urban-rural integration.An urbanization model with Chinese characteristics would be developed by taking urbanization as the leading force in deepening the reform,directing at household registration system reform and employment promotion,enhancing urbanization quality,and promoting equalization of rural and urban public services.     

HIV/AIDS in China

Status QuoAn epidemiological survey jointly conducted by China and the WHO and UNAIDS indicates that China now has 840,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, 80,000 of whom are AIDS patients. Although this figure translates into a mere 0.6‰ of the country's total population, the total number comes the second place in Asia and the 14th in the world. The prevalence rate among adults is less than 0.1%, but the epidemic has been found in all the 31 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) of the country and the number of newly-infected people is increasing fast. Major methods of HIV transmission include drug-taking, blood donation (a major means of living for farmers in some impoverished regions) and sex.     

The person with a little ugly in Guo Zuchang's painting

正The people in the painting of Guo Zuchang with a little ugly ordinarily, it seems have a bit difficulty to accept for many person who are used to see the people who is handsome or beauty, in their eyes, the artist of fine arts draw the people ugly in the paintings is unreasonable. There is no wonder they can't understand it, "rather ugly don't charm" is the inertia prevailing in the fine arts in China, some people are drew by the painter as a apparition come out of hell. Currently ugly is fashionable, the man in de street just has a little aesthetic knowledge and     

Old-Age Support Facilities Under-Utilized

A recent survey showed that the occupancy rate in the old-age care institutions in Beijing was only 46.1%. The capital city has 329 homes for the aged with 21,268 beds. However, 11,465 beds remain vacant. The leading reason for the high vacancy rate is that most facilities are located in suburban areas, while elderly people and their children prefer care centers close to downtown and their homes because of transportation constraints. Other reasons include high charges, poor servi…     

Dalian,Liaoning:Pioneering in Establishing a New Work Mechanism for Population and Family Planning

In line with the requirements of the National Population and Family Planning Commission to reform the existing population and family planning system,in recent years,Dalian has focused on realizing the public functions of the family planning system and the“people first”notion in order to set up a new population and family planning work mechanism.Thanks to their efforts,the population and family planning work in Dalian has made a great leap forward.     

Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic

According to a report published by the PopulationReference Bureau (PRB), an estimated number of 40million people were living with HIV/AIDS by theend of 2001. Sub-Saharan Africa, with less than 11%of the world's population, contains more than 70% ofall HIV-infected people. But no region is unaffected:Adults and children with HIV/AIDS number morethan 28 million in sub-Saharan Africa, 7 million inAsia, 2 million in Latin America and the Caribbean,and another 3 million in other regions. UNAIDSestimates that 5 million people became infected withHIV in 2001, more than replacing the estimated 3million people who died from the disease during theyear.     

Advanced-Age People the Fastest Growing Group

During the decade from 1990 to 2000, the number of Chinese people aged 80 and over increased from 7.68 million to 11.99 million, with an annual increase of 4.56%, much higher than the rates for all elderlypeople or for the total population. It is so far thefastest-growing group in China. Estimates show that by 2050, China will have more than 100 million people aged 80 and over, accountingfor 25% of the elderly, compared to todays 9%. By that time, there will be one advanced-age person for e…     

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…     

The service and management policy for China＇s floating population

The floating population in an important force in China＇s economic and social development.To better serve and manage this huge population.the Chinese Government has introduced on after another relevant policies for the reform of household registration,     

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…     

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.     

Education Vouchers worth RMB 400 Per Person Per Year Available to 3 to 6 Year-old Children in Haikou City

According to Xinhua News Agency, Haikou government will release education vouchers worth RMB 400 per person per year to children aged 3 to 6 who possess the household registration of the city and comply with family planning policies.The vouchers can be used in all the registered public and private kindergartens in the city.     

China＇s Information Technology Level Equals That of the Moderately Developed Countries in General

According to Xinhua News, as of the end of 2009, the actual permanent population of Beijing had reached 19.72 million, including the household population of 12.46 million and the floating population of 7.264 million living in the city for more than half a year. Immnigration of the whole family had been seen annual increases, taking a proportion of 41.2%. The rapid population growth had brought stresses to Beijing on its water resources, energy consumption, transportation as well as such problems as shortage of food,     

Household Registration System Relaxes but Still in Effect

China will continue its effort to reform the household registration system (Hukou) that has been in effect for decades. The ultimate goal is that all citizens who have a legal permanent residence, a stable job and source of income can have their Hukou registered with local public security department, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Public Security of China. At a news briefing given by the Public Security Ministry on February 25, 2002, Bao Suixian, Deputy-Director of t…     

Support for the Elderly under the Market Transition in China

Modernization theory predicts loosening family ties and the gradual decline of family supports for the elderly. In a transitional economy,we argue that the rapidly growing income for adult children helps to maintain family supports for the elderly at a high level.Data from 2005 China’s 1%population survey shows that half of elderly people in towns or rural areas relied on family supports as the main source for living.The odds-ratio from Logistic regression shows that family supports were far greater for females than males and far greater for rural than for urban residents.Labor migration by a rural household member greatly enhanced the odds of family supports for the elderly in rural areas.In the cities,we found that the odds of family supports were the highest in the well-developed regions along the coast.As the population is rapidly aging, more government efforts are needed to expand socialized supports for the elderly, especially to the weakest.