Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-241) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Chinese population at a historic turning point -- Implementation of the family planning policy -- Changes in the demographic situation -- 2.Socioeconomic development as a determinant of demographic transitions -- Population and development: controversies and realities -- General patterns of demographic transition -- A new stage in China's demographic transition -- 3.Socioeconomic impacts of demographic transition -- Life cycles and socioeconomic policies -- The `demographic dividend' and economic growth -- The impact of changes in age structure -- Policy responses to changes in population structure: adjusting the family planning policy and improving population `quality' -- 4.A steady approach to adjusting the family planning policy -- Partial adjustments already underway -- Population prospects under different scenarios -- Principles behind a new policy, and primary focal points -- Steps in adjusting the reproductive policy -- Contents note continued: Supporting measures that will be required as policy is adjusted -- 5.Investing in health -- China's progress in healthcare -- China's healthcare system reform in the twenty-first century -- New issues confronting healthcare -- Principles behind healthcare system reform -- 6.Improving education -- The human capital required to upgrade industries -- Education in the context of an aging population -- Turning China's large population into a rich human resource -- 7.Child development in rural areas -- Investing in children -- Early childhood development -- The nutrition of rural students -- Measures to enhance child development in rural areas -- 8.An overall planning approach to the issue of population mobility in the future development of urban and rural areas -- Population mobility and `quasi-urbanization' -- Establishing a new model of population management and services -- Moving further in reforming the household registration system -- Contents note continued: Taking greater advantage of the potential labor supply in an overall approach to urban and rural development -- 9.Promoting gender equality -- Gender equality and women's development -- Gender balance overall, and an imbalanced sex ratio at birth -- Gender equality and the protection of women -- Measures to promote gender equality -- 10.Stimulating development potential in an aging society -- Expanding coverage of government support for the elderly -- Increasing participation of the elderly in the labor force -- Exploring a uniquely Chinese approach to supporting the elderly population -- The `sunrise industry' of care for the elderly -- 11.Capacity building for family development -- Changing family structures and characteristics -- Problems confronting families during a period of social transition -- Changing intergenerational relationships as families change -- Bias in the targeting of social policies, and the need for change -- Contents note continued: Family policy and capacity building for family development -- 12.Policy proposals -- Adjusting the family planning policy -- Investing in health and education -- Emphasizing child development in rural areas -- Developing a comprehensive approach to population mobility in urban and rural areas -- Stimulating development potential in an aging society -- Promoting gender equality -- Improving development capacities in families.
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