Special Plan for Population,Employment and Social Security Between 2001-2005

This Plan lays out the guidelines, objectives, main tasks and policy measures for ensuring adequate employment, improving social security while controlling the population growth during the 10th five-year plan (2001-2005) period. Challenges Population growth: The issue of population has been a major factor constraining the socio-economic development of China. the country抯 population is expected to increase by 56 million during the next five years, peaking at 1.5 billion by the 2040s. For a …