On May 12, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying hosted a regular press conference.
A reporter asked a question. Yesterday, China announced the results of the 7th census . We noticed the so-called exclusive information published by the Financial Times earlier, saying that the reason why China did not release the census results immediately was because the total population had already Less than 1.4 billion, the first decline since the 1950s. After the results were announced yesterday, some American and European media also exaggerated that this is the slowest growth rate since the 1960s, and it is China's long-term "time bomb", saying that China is facing a population crisis, and that China's population birth rate is declining and aging is a problem. Exacerbated, the shrinking labor force will have a severe impact on the Chinese economy, predicting that China may not be able to replace the United States as the largest economy in the foreseeable future. What do you think about this?
"I don't know whether the media that published the so-called 'exclusive report' published a corrective report after the release of the authoritative news of the census yesterday." Hua Chunying said, according to the authoritative release of by the National Bureau of Statistics , China's population is 1.41178 billion, an increase of 5.38% over in 2010 10 years ago, with an average annual increase of 0.53%. This data shows that China's population has continued to maintain a low-speed growth trend for 10 years. China's total population has continued to grow, and it is still the world's largest country with the largest population. Changes, the gender structure has improved, the trend of population mobility and aggregation has become more obvious, and the level of urbanization has continued to improve.
Hua Chunying reminds everyone that the report and the press conference of the State Council Information Office pointed out that the population of Han nationality increased by 4.93% compared with 2010, the population of all ethnic minorities increased by 10.26%, and the proportion of minority population increased by 0.4 percentile .The steady growth of the ethnic population fully reflects the comprehensive development and progress of all ethnic groups in China.
Hua Chunying pointed out that the census data also reflects some structural contradictions facing China's population development, such as the decline in the size of the working-age population and women of childbearing age, the deepening of the aging degree, the decline in the fertility rate, and the decline in the number of births.
In response to the attention of some American media, Hua Chunying asked : "I wonder if they have noticed that China's population of 1.4178 billion is still larger than the combined population of the United States and Europe? I wonder how those media reporters did. Who has become a 'demographic expert and sociologist', how did you come to the conclusion of 'China's population crisis'?"
Hua Chunying said, I have also seen the latest data released by the US Census Bureau in the past few days. Population growth has fallen over the past decade to the slowest pace in nearly a century. The CDC found that babies born in the U.S. last year fell 4 percent from the previous year. Decreasing birth rate and population aging are common problems faced by developed countries. With the continuous economic and social development of various countries, especially the impact of changes in the concept of population fertility brought about by industrialization and modernization, low fertility has become a common problem faced by most developed countries. This may also be a real problem that China will face in the future. The person in charge of the relevant department said that to dialectically look at the impact of demographic changes on the social economy, China will promote high-quality development and formulate relevant strategies and policies in a targeted manner. The outline of the "14th Five-Year Plan" has clearly stated that it is necessary to promote the realization of an appropriate level of fertility, reduce the cost of family fertility, parenting and education, and release the potential of the fertility policy.
Hua Chunying pointed out that looking back over the past few decades, at almost every critical stage of China's development, and western will make various judgments and predictions on China, and various arguments will appear.What we know are all kinds of "China Threat Theory" or "China Collapse Theory", but with the continuous development of China, all kinds of theories have been slapped by facts one by one, and China has started a new era of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. On the journey, we will continue to move forward firmly along the path that has been proven to be the right one. We hope that those who are keen to concoct various arguments can also live a healthy and happy life like the Chinese people, and jointly welcome and witness the realization of the Chinese dream .
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official interpretation! The results of the seventh census have 6 characteristics , the average annual growth rate of and is 0.53%, which is 0.04 percentage points lower than the average annual growth rate of 0.57% from 2000 to 2010. The National Bureau of Statistics said that the results of the seventh census showed six characteristics:
①Total population: growth slowed down but still maintained steady growth.
2 Population quality: The education level of the population has been significantly improved, and the quality has been continuously improved. ( related data: In terms of the educational level population, the population with university education level is 218.36 million. Compared with 2010, the number of people with university education per 100,000 people has increased from 8930 to 15467 people, The average years of education of the population aged 15 and above increased from 9.08 years to 9.91 years, and the illiteracy rate dropped from 4.08% to 2.67%.)
③Gender composition: The sex ratio of the total population was 105.1, and the gender structure was improved. ( related data: male population is 723.34 million, accounting for 51.24%; female population is 688.44 million, accounting for 48.76%. The sex ratio of the total population (with women as 100, the ratio of men to women) is 105.07, which is basically the same as that in 2010. The sex ratio at birth was 111.3, down 6.8 from 2010.)
④Age composition: The number of children's population increases, and the proportion rises. ( related data: national population aged 0-14 is 253.38 million, accounting for 17.95%; population aged 15-59 is 894.38 million, accounting for 63.35%; population aged 60 and above is 264.02 million, accounting for 18.70%. Compared with 2010, the proportions of the population aged 0-14, 15-59, and 60 and above increased by 1.35 percentage points, decreased by 6.79 percentage points, and increased by 5.44 percentage points respectively.)
⑤Population migration and mobility: Population mobility is still active , the population agglomeration effect is further manifested.
⑥Urban-rural structure: The resident population in cities and towns continued to increase, and the urbanization rate further increased. ( related data: China's urban population is 901.99 million, accounting for 63.89%; the rural population is 509.79 million, accounting for 36.11%. Compared with 2010, urban population increased by 236.42 million, The rural population decreased by 164.36 million, and the proportion of the urban population increased by 14.21 percentage points.)
Original title: Foreign media said that China has a "population crisis", Hua Chunying: still more than the total population of the United States and Europe
Source: Comprehensive Beijing Daily Client CCTV News
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