Readjustment to China＇s Birth Policy

正Since its introduction of the one-child policy for most Chinese couples in the late 1970s,China has effectively reined in its rampant population growth.Benef iting from the policy,Chinese women have been liberated from the birth burden to a great degree and their education and employment situation has improved dramatically.To promote long-term,balanced development of the population,China is gradually adjusting its family planning policy.On December 23,2013,a bill to allow couples to have two children if either parent is an only child was approved at the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress.The move marks another major adjustment to China’s family planning policy since the country allowed couples to have two children if both parents are only children.     

Should There Be Incentives For the Two-Child Policy?

正On January 1,the universal two-child policy went into effect across China to counter the demographic trend of aging.This trend is widely believed to be a result of three-decade-long family planning rules that restricted most couples to only one child,with exceptions made for rural couples whose first child was a girl,families     

促进新农村文化建设 切实保障农民文化权益

Since the founding of New China in 1949, according to the Constitution of the People＇s Republic of China, the central government has made it a basic state policy to help ethnic minorities-inhabited border areas with their political, economic and cultural development, and to lead all the ethnic groups of China onto the road to common prosperity.     

Demographic Optimization

<正>China’s family planning policy has fulf illed its historic purpose of curbing population growth.In order to optimize the nation’s demographic structure,therefore,the Chinese Government implemented a twochild policy at the beginning of last year,which permits any couple to have two children.In fact,this was not the f irst time the family planning policy has been relaxed.     

No Baby Boom

<正>Data show that nearly one year after the relaxation of China’s family planning policy,a baby boom has not appeared The policy allowing urban parents to have a second baby,so long as at least one of them is an only child,has been implemented in China for about a year.People worrying the policy might create a rapid population surge can exhale a collective sigh of relief.     

Romanian Folk Treasure Exhibited in China

The compilation of a collection of five books or book series on China＇s ethnic issues, including China＇s Ethnic Mhaorities; A Brief History of China＇s Ethm＇c Minorities Series, A Brief Language History of China＇s Ethnic Minorities Series, A Brief Introduction to National Autonomous Regions Series, and Journal Series of Sociological and Historical Surveys on China＇s Ethnic Minorities, was organized by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. The collection is a systematic presentation of the life situations of ethnic minorities in China and the achievements made in ethnic affairs. The now complete collection comprises 419 volumes of 351 kinds, amounting to a total of 100 million Chinese characters.     

Challenges Loom Large for China’s Population Policy

If not for China’s family planning policy the world would have 400 million more mouths to feed. But as the country’s population advances into old age,more people are demanding a reassessment of the policy initiated 30 years ago.     

Should the One-Child Policy Continue?

Proposals to change China’s family planning policy were put forward during the recent sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) by a number of NPC deputies and CPPCC     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION Aging Not to Be Feared As a result of the family planning policy, 400 million fewer people have been born in China since the 1980s, turning China into an aging society in just 18 years. As the situation is projected to worsen in the years to come, we need to ponder the implications of the irreversible trend of aging on Chinese society. At present, however, researchers tend to adopt one-sided views on this issue, painting     

A Change in Population Policy

正China’s recent relaxation of its family plan-ning policy is a landmark change that is poised to contribute to a lasting and bal-anced development of the population and a healthy,stable development of society as a whole.The new policy allows couples to have two children if one of the parents is an only child.Previously,a couple in urban areas could generally only have a second child if both parents were only children.Issued last November,the policy is now in full swing in Beijing,Shanghai and China’s