China has published the first book recording the country's
efforts and achievements in population and family planning over the
past five decades.
The book, with 1 million Chinese characters and numerous
pictures and graphs, was written by the National Population and
Family Planning Commission and published by the China Population
and Family Planning Publishing House.
Zhang Weiqing, minister in charge of the commission, said that
China's work in the field of population and family planning was
good, in general, but faced unprecedented problems and
challenges.
He asked all those who work in the sector to read the book and
try to use the country's experience to push forward the work of
population and family planning.
In the 1970s, China launched its family-planning drive. As a
result, the population is 400 million less than expected over 30
years ago.
(Xinhua News Agency December 30, 2007)