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

正February 24,2014General Outlook By the end of 2013,the total population in the mainland reached 1,360.72 million,an increase of6.68 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 year2013 saw 16.40 million births,a crude birth rate of 12.08     

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.     

An Overview of the Development of China's Family Planning Policies

By the end of 1949,the total population in China (Taiwan Province,Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR not included) was 541.67 million,with a birth rate of 36‰,a death rate of 20‰,a natural growth rate of 16‰ and a total fertility rate of 6.14.     

Zhejiang: Improve the Management and Service Mechanism for Population and Family Planning among the Floating Population

Basic Data in 2005 At the end of 2005, the whole province of Zhejiang had a total number of 11.22 million immigrants of childbearing age, of whom 4.32 million were women and 2.99 million were married women. The number of children born to the floating population totaled 17,315, of which 2,943 were out-of-plan births. The fertility rate of the married women of childbearing     

China''''s Population Controlled within 1.3 Billion by 2003

China continued to achieve a low fertility level in 2003, with a birth rate of 13.37 per thousand, a natural increase rate of 7.25 per thousand, and a net increase of no more than 10 million. At the end of 2003, the total population was controlled at 1.294 billion, according to estimates of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC). However, despite a low fertility level, the total number of newly increased population remains high. Meanwhile, the imbalance between dif…     

Guangzhou: Fifth Largest City in China

By the end of 2001, Guangzhou had a permanent population of 10.15 million, ranking the fifth largest city in China, only next to Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, according to a recently published White Paper on Socioeconomic Development in Guangzhou. The white paper pointed out that last year the number of newborns reached 63,767, with a birth rate of 9.1 per thousand and a natural increase rate of 3.94 per thousand. By the end of this year, the total permanent population of the …     

Zero Growth:Long-Term Effect of China''''s Family Planning Program

Chinese women's fertility had already declinedto below tile replacement level in the early-1990s. Estimates show that the total fertilityrate dropped to about 1.8 at the end of the 1990s,close to the level in most developed countries in theworld. There is little dispute that China's totalpopulation will peak in the 2030s-2040s, however, itis open to discussion how the country's populationwill develop after thatWomen's fertility level in the 1990sTotal fertility rate (TFR) and crude birth rat…     

The Statistical Communiqué of the People's Republic of China on the 2007 National Economic and Social Development

National Bureau ofStatistics ofChina Feb.28th,2008 Population,People's Living Standard and Social Security By the end of 2007,the total population of the nation was approximately1.3 billion(1,321,290,000),up by6·81 million     

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.     

China''''s Impoverished Population Down to 30 Million

China'impoverished population dropped from 250 million in 1978 to 30 million in 2000, according to a white paper published by the State Council Information Office in October 2001. That number represents 3% of the total rural population. The Chinese government in the 1980s had set a goal of clothing and feeding the rural poor by the end of the century. That goal has been met. This was the result of a systematic effort to alleviate poverty. In view of the fact that the impoverishe…     

Education Takes Off in China

In 2001, China's spending in education was 3.19% of the nation's GDP, up from 2.41% in 1995 but still a far cry from world average. By the end of 2001, adult illiteracy in China had dropped to less than 30 million from 61.71 million in 1990 (less than 5%). The gross enrolment rate for higher education among the 18-22-year-old population rose from 7.2% in 1995 to 13.3% in 2001. By the end of 2001, privately-run educational institutions had numbered 56,274 enrolling 9.23 million students; h…     

Chinese Accounts for Nearly One-Tenth of the World''''s Illiterates

Statistics released by the Ministry of Education of China revealed that currently nearly one-tenth of the world抯 illiterate population are Chinese. 90% of them are rural residents, half live in the western region and 70% are women. Thanks to the unremitting efforts China has made over the past decades, the adult illiteracy rate has declined from 22.23% a decade ago to present 8.72%. However, the number of the illiterate still reaches 85.07 million, about 20 million of whom are aged between…     

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     

Statistical Communiqué on Human Resources and Social Security Development in 2012 (Excerpts)

Labor and Employment National employment at year-end amounted to 767.04 million persons,an increase of 2.84 million over the end of last year.Of which,371.02 million were urban employments,an increase of 11.88 million over the end of last year.Of the national employment,33.6% was in primary industries;30.3% secondary industries and 36.1% tertiary industries.     

Tackling the Unemployment Challenge

As the world抯largest economy in transition, China faces a severe unemployment challenge. With a working population of 751 million, China抯unemployment rate stands at more than 10% in urban areas; including rural surplus laborers, it is a staggering 20%. Since assuming office in March 2003, the new administration has made increased employment a top priority. In fact, economic growth has been redefined with employment being a basic goal of growth. To help readers better understand China抯empl…     

Elderly Population Aged 60 and above in China Reached 185 million by the End of 2011

The National Conference on Aging was held in Beijing on March 1, 2012. It was revealed that, by the end of 2011, the elderly population aged over 60 reached 185 million, accounting for 13.7% of the total population. It is reported that population aging in China has already entered a phase     

Reform Brings Marked Increase in Quality of Life for Chinese

One of the most tangible benefits brought about by the reform and opening up program initiated in the end of 1978 by the late Deng Xiaoping has been the continual rise in the quality of life for the average Chinese people. This is evidenced by rising per capita incomes, poverty alleviation, better education for all, a sharp decrease in the Engel抯 coefficient, and a host of other indicators. Rising Incomes Since the 1980s, the Chinese economy has been growing at an average annual rate of…     

Family Planning Program in Guangxi

Located in southwest China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has the largest ethnic population in China. By the end of 1998, ethnic population had totaled 18.7 million, representing 40% of the nation's total (46.75 million). Of those, 15.45 million (33%) were ZhuanR DeoDle. Besides Hall alld Zhuang, there are 10 other ethnic groups livillg in this region. Guangxi started to practice family planning in 1964. In June 1978, a Family Planning Office was set up.…     

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…     

Challenges to China''''s Old-Age Support System

Many agree that China will become an agedsociety at the turn of the century. By the endof 1998, China had a population of 1.248billion, and a net 11 million is added annually,according to the State Statistical Bureau. At this rate,Xiao Zhenyu, a researcher from the China Old-AgeResearch Center, estimated that China's totalpopulation already hit1 .259 billion by theend of 1999 and 1.27in 2000. Specifically,the aged population(people aged 60 andover) numbered 127million in 1999 and approxim…