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,     

A Comparison of Population Age Pyramids

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The Post-Petroleum Paradigm—and Population

The use of oil has changed world economies, social and political structures, and lifestyles beyond the effect of any other substance in such a short time. But oil supplies are limited. The peak of world oil production and the beginning of the irreversible decline of oil availability is clearly in sight. This paper examines the role of oil in two contexts: Its importance in countries almost entirely dependent on oil income, and the role of oil in world agricultural productivity. Possible alternatives to oil and its close associate, natural gas, are also examined. Countries almost solely dependent on oil income are chiefly those of the Persian Gulf region. The prosperity which oil has brought to these nations has resulted in a rapidly growing population which is not sustainable without oil revenues. World agriculture is now highly dependent on oil and natural gas for fertilizers and pesticides. Without these, agricultural productivity would markedly decline. As a base for the production of these materials, oil and natural gas are irreplaceable. Lifestyles and affluence in the post-petroleum paradigm will be quite different from today. World population will have to be reduced if it is to exist at any reasonable standard of living. At that time concern will be much more centered on obtaining basic resources, especially agricultural, by which to survive.     

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.     

Assessing the ‘Agedness’ of A Population

In this paper we follow a lead provided by Basu and Basu [‘The Greying of Populations: Concepts and Measurement,’ Demography India 16, pp. 79–89], in order to advance a class of ‘agedness’ indices which, because they have been motivated by analogous considerations in the poverty measurement literature, can find application in that area of enquiry as well. The properties of the proposed indices are discussed, and illustrations of empirical application are provided. The note is intended as a contribution to the larger enquiry into the measurement of development indicators.     

Tibet''''s Population and Tibetan Population

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National Report on Population and Development——A report submitted by the People''''s Republic of China to the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, August, 2002

I. Current Situation and Prospects of China's Population Development China is the most populous developing country in the world. A large population size, a weak economic base, and a lack of resources on a per capita basis form its basic national conditions. Many issues and difficulties encountered in the process of China's economic and social development are closely related to the population issues. Population is the principal factor and the major constraint to China's economic and soc…     

Population Aging and Control of Population Growth

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Changes in World Population Situation——Interview with Professor Guo Zhigang

Guo Zhigang, male, Han nationality, was born in October 1954 in Beijing. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Department of Industrial Economics and Management of Renmin University of China in 1982; master’s degree in Department of Sociology of University of Western Ontario in Canada in 1985; and doctor’s degree in Population Research Institute of Renmin University of China in 1990. He engaged in teaching and research from 1985 to 1999 in Population Research Institute of Renmin University of China. Currently, he is professor and doctoral tutor of Department of Sociology of Peking University.     

Current Living Situation of Migrant Population in China： A Pilot Survey of Migrant Population in Five Major Cities

The have witnessed a past 30 years rapid increase of migrating population ,which contributed much to the significant socioeconomic development in China. Therefore, it is necessary to set up a monitoring system to collect the basic information of migrating population regularly to support the related research and policy decisions effectively and correctively. As a preliminary but serious attempt,     

Three Centuries of Global Population Growth: A Spatial Referenced Population (Density) Database for 1700–2000

The Earths surface has changed considerably over the past centuries. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution in the early 1700s, humans from the Old World started to colonize the New World. The colonization processes lead to major changes in global land use and land cover. Large parts of the original land cover have been altered (e.g., deforestation), leading to extra emissions of GHGs to the atmosphere and enhancing global climate change. The spatial and temporal aspects are still not very well known. More and more global integrated environmental assessments concerning global sustainability require long time series of global change indicators, of which population is an important one. This study presents an update of the geo-referenced historical population maps for the period 1700–2000, part of the History Database of the Global Environment (HYDE), which can be used in integrated models of global change and/or global sustainability.     

A Simulating Model of Fertility Policy and Population Trends in China

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Education of Children of Migrant Population: A Challenge for Government

AsthefreedomofmovementbecomesmoreaccessibletoordinaryChinese,China'sbigcitiesfaceanincreasinglyseriousproblem:migrantpopulation.Shanghai,China'slargestcity,forexample,hasamigrantpopulationof2.37million(1/6ofitspermanentpopulation),accordingtoa1997samplingsurvey.Whilecontributingtotheirhostcity'sdevelopment,themigrantpopulationfacesaseriesofchallengesintheirdailylife.Oneofthoseistheeducationoftheirchildren.ProblemsAccordingtothesamesurveymentionedabove,ofthe2.37millionmigrantpeoplelivinginSha…     

China’s Tibetan Population and Population in Tibet

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Tibet''''s Population Grows

Tibet, covering an area of 1.2 million square km with an average elevation of 3,000 meters, is known as the 搑oof of the world? Notwithstanding the plateau scenery and Buddhist culture there, Tibet is a harsh place to live. However, the Tibetan population in the region is growing fast thanks to improved socioeconomic conditions. In fact, now is the fastest-growing period of population growth in the history of Tibet. Statistics show that today, Tibet抯 total population stands at 2.615 millio…     

Population Prizes Awarded

The fourth China Population Award, jointly sponsored by the Central Propaganda Department, the SFPC, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Personnel and the China Family Planning Association, was recently unveiled in Beijing. The top award in the population field in China, the China Population Award is given to people including officials, field workers, technical professionals and foreigners who have made outstanding contributions to China抯 population and fami…     

A Comparison of the Sources of Financial Support for the Aged Population

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The Large Population in China: A Major Obstacle to Modernization?

"A large population" has long been the most prominent national condition of China. Whilepopulation research has been of 20 years in China, the relationship between population andmodernization attracts not much attention, and in the practical life, population issues are typically regarded as issues of population quantity which in turn are oversimplified as fertility issues. Hence, a misunderstanding is prevailing that "a large population" is the whole thing ofChina's population problems. This issue of "Population and Development Forum" attempts to open up views objectively toexamine the actual situation of "a large population in China", and to bring together the wisdom of different disciplines on population problems influencing the process of modermization.     

Who's Afraid of Population Decline? A Critical Examination of Its Consequences

In the multitude of people is the king's honour; but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince—Proverbs 14: 28