China’s Population and Development in the Now Century.pdf

China’s Population and Development
in the Now Century
By Xu Huijun(许惠君)
(文学院外文系英语专业)

General Introduction
The 21st century has already arrived. With the rapid development of science and
technology and swift changes in the world economic order and patterns, population
and development have further e an important issue, which draws general
concerns of the munity. It is mon choice of all countries to
seek a way to achieve sustainable development with population, economy, society,
resources and environment all in harmony.

China has the largest population. By the end of 1999, China had reached the
population of billion (excluding the population of the Hong Kong and Macao
Special administrative Regions and Taiwan Province), accounting for about 21
percent of the world’s population, but a weak economy foundation with relatively
inadequate resources per capita. Many contradictions and problems in China’s
economic and social development are closely associated with the issue of population,
which has e the key factor and primary problem restricting China’s economic
and social development. Whether the population problem can be properly solved
directly bears on the improvement of population quality and the living standards of
the Chinese nation. It also concerns world peace and development.
In line with the strategic goal o