China Faces Five Demographic Problems： NPFPC Minister Zhang

Despite the remarkable achievements China has madein its population program, the next 20 years willcontinue to see an annual net increase of 10 millionpeople in China, experts say.As China moves from a single-focus approach –quantitative control – to a multiple-thrust approach(combining quantitative controls with qualitativeimprovements and structural rationalization), theDecember 2004country faces even stiffer challenges in its populationprogram, according to Zhang Weiqing, minister ofthe…