您現在的位置: Language Tips> Audio & Video> China Daily Media News  
 





 
Baby boom set to start next year
[ 2007-12-12 11:12 ]

Download

A mini-baby boom is expected to start next year as a result of the country's family planning policy, says an official.

Zhang Weiqing, minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, expects the boom to last for more than 10 years and put great pressure on the government in its efforts to manage population growth.

Speaking at a national conference on rural population and family planning over the weekend in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, Zhang added the boom will be relatively small in comparison to those of the early 1950s and 60s and the late 80s.

Zhang said many of the children born in the years following the introduction of the national family planning policy in 1973, were now of marriageable age.

Also, a change in the law in 1984 that allowed rural couples to have a second child if their first was a girl has also created a spike in the number of people approaching the typical age for marriage, he said.

Over the past 30 years, the family planning policy has played a central role in stabilizing the country's population.

Experts have estimated that the current population of about 1.3 billion would have been close to 1.7 billion had the policy not been introduced.

According to official figures, the average number of children born to each family is currently 1.8, compared to 5.8 in the early 70s.

Zhang said the family planning laws will remain to maintain the low birth rate.

However, despite the regulations, the country is still facing a stiff challenge to keep the number of births down, he said.

"The desire to have boys or more than one child is deep-rooted and still very strong, especially in rural areas," Zhang said.

"The contradiction between that desire and the current family planning policy remains acute."

A survey last year conducted by the National Population and Family Planning Commission showed that nearly 80 percent of couples planning to start a family said they wanted to have both a boy and a girl.

In addition, 41 percent of couples living in urban areas whose first child was a girl said they wanted to have a second child and hoped it was a boy.

Wang Linqing, a 33-year-old father from Beijing, told China Daily that, "having two children, a boy and a girl, was one of his biggest hopes".

That sentiment is not only much more prevalent in rural areas, but also frequently made a reality, Zhang said.

Couples within the floating rural population, which is currently estimated at about 140 million, often unlawfully have more than one child outside their hometowns to escape government inspection, he said.

(英語點津  Celene 編輯)

About the broadcaster:

Bernice Chan is a foreign expert at China Daily Website. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Bernice has written for newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong and most recently worked as a broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, producing current affairs shows and documentaries.

 
 
 
相關文章 Related Stories
 

 

 

 
 

本頻道最新推薦

     
  Want to stay warm in winter? Think COLD
  Democrats, White House deadlocked over gov. funding
  Bali climate conference enters final negotiations
  Cristina Fernandez sworn in as Argentina's president
  Finding ways to deal with harmful algae

論壇熱貼

     
  開個題目大家扯:hotel & restaurant
  追求某人
  請教工商年檢如何翻譯
  How to translate “中國老字號”into English?
  "港股直通車"怎么翻譯?
  兩免一補怎么說?




主站蜘蛛池模板: 99在线观看精品免费99| 国产精品亚洲а∨无码播放不卡 | 精品一区二区三区无码免费视频| 国产精品国色综合久久| 一本一道波多野结衣大战黑人| 日韩精品视频美在线精品视频| 亚洲综合色视频在线观看| 色哟哟精品视频在线观看| 国产精品一区二区久久| a级日本片在线观看| 护士好爽好深好多水| 久草免费手机视频| 欧美高清在线精品一区| 国产亚洲精品欧洲在线观看| www.免费在线观看| 在线a免费观看最新网站| 两腿之间的私密图片| 日本边添边摸边做边爱边视频| 亚洲国产欧美国产综合一区| 狠狠躁夜夜躁人人爽超碰97香蕉| 园田美樱中文字幕在线看一区| 4hu四虎最新免费地址| 国产精品欧美一区二区三区| jizz国产精品jizz中国| 新人本田岬847正在播放| 久久精品国产精品国产精品污| 欧美成年黄网站色视频| 先锋影音av资源网| 老子影院午夜精品无码| 国产在线视频网| 3d动漫h在线观看| 国产肥老上视频| a在线视频免费观看| 怡红院成人在线| 久久久久久久久久久久久久久| 最新国产成人ab网站| 亚洲图片欧美另类| 波多野结衣av无码| 免费v片在线观看视频网站| 美女跪下吃j8羞羞漫画| 国产伦理一区二区|