Whatever the size of China's population is at the dawn of the 21 st century it is certain to account of twenty percent of the world's projected population. Since the world's population is nearing the limit of what the earth could handle, the problem of China's population is also becoming a global concern. Even though the birth rate in China has dropped from 33.43 per thousand in 1970 to 21.06 per thousand in 1990, and the average children has declined from 5.01 per woman in 1970 to 2.31 per woman in 1990, China still has the a yearly increase of 17 million people and more than a quarter of the annual addition to the national income is consumed by new population born during the year. If we assume that the population in 1970 was 800 million and the one-child policy has not yet been carried and thus the birth rate would continue to be 33.43 per thousand per year. Many people claim that China should wait for a higher economic level to initiate a natural decline in birth rate as the way it has been for other industrialized countries.
China reiterates family planning.
Population vs development. Challenge of the new century. Much of this paper's content is based on the author's own experience and understanding of the problem. Author Xin Zuo 16754 Comments on essay. While raising an interesting issue the author has succeeded in submitting a number of interesting comments and facts on the Chinese Communist Party birth regulation programme.