Meeting on Mid-term Evaluation of the Eleventh Five-Year Population Plan and the Work of Function Zones of Population Development in China Held in Huhehot

2008-07-16

Venue of the meeting


Minister Li Bin made a summary speech.


Vice Minister Zhao Baige chaired the meeting and made a speech.


Vice Minister Jiang Fan attended the meeting and made a speech.

From 14 to 15 July 2008, the Meeting on Mid-term Evaluation of the Eleventh Five-year Population Plan and the Work of Function Zones of Population Development in China was held in Huhehot, capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The meeting analyzed current situation of population and family planning program, discussed and mapped out the work for the next half of the year, and arranged concrete activities for the mid-term evaluation and that for function zones of population development. Mrs. Li Bin, Minister of National Population and Family Planning Commission of China (NPFPC), Mr. Bater, Acting Governor of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Mr. Jiang Fan, Vice Minister of NPFPC attended the meeting and made speeches. Mr. Liu Xinle, Vice Governor of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was also present at the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Zhao Baige, Vice Minister of NPFPC.

In summing up the work of the first half of the year, Minister Li Bin pointed out that, current situation for population and family planning was good and the low fertility level kept stable. The rate of births in conformity with related policies, sex ratio at birth and contraceptive prevalence rate of currently married women remained equal to those of the same period last year. All the places had strong willingness for reform, practical measures for their work, and worked well with their population and family planning work.

1. Intensively study and carry out the spirit of the 17th CPC National Congress and the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Fully Enhancing Population and Family Planning Program and Comprehensively Addressing Population Issues, and further clarify tasks and measure for comprehensively solving population issues.

2. Urgently join in disaster relief against the earthquake and make active contributions to the staged success in the disaster relief.

3. Strengthen surveys and researches and make new progress in the reform of management by objectives (MBO) responsibility system in population and family planning program.

4. Attached great significance to advancement by policy and constantly perfect benefit-oriented mechanism.

5. Adhere to administration by law and enhance management of services for the floating population.

6. Reinforce publicity and advocacy and intensively carry out activities of care for girl children and integrated management of unbalanced sex ratio at birth.

7. Intensify quality of care in family planning and speed up scientific and technological innovation.

8. Earnestly implement the Provisions on the Major Functions, Internal Organizations, and Personnel Establishment and further expand our functions.

9. Reinforce the work to fight corruption and build a clean government and firmly promote the construction of a team of cadres.

10. Strengthen international exchange and cooperation and make new progress in creating a favorable international environment.

Minister Li Bin emphasized that, in the next half of the year, the following 9 tasks should be earnestly grasped well.

1. Sturdily push on the work of function zones of population development.

2. Organize the mid-term evaluation of the Eleventh Five-year Population Plan.

3. Stabilize the low fertility level and promote the integrated reform in population and family planning program.

  • Continuously reform and perfect the MBO responsibility system in population and family planning program, simplify assessment indicators, reduce assessment frequencies and enhance assessment efficiency.
  • Revise and perfect evaluation indicators for the advanced units of quality of care in family planning and further improve the quality and speed of the activities to create high-quality services.
  • Reform and perfect methods for allocating the special funds from the central government to subsidize local family planning undertakings, set up an incentive mechanism, encourage efforts for first-class work and innovation, and further increase the guidance and effectiveness in allocating and using the financial funds.

4. Perfect and extensively implement the three systems, including the special assistance system for families practicing family planning.

5. Continuously strengthen family planning services and management for the floating population.

6. Intensively carry out integrated management of unbalanced sex ratio at birth.

7. Extensively conduct the primary prevention of birth defects.

8. Strengthen capacity building of population and family planning services.

9. Work hard to provide counterpart support in the reconstruction of earthquake-stricken areas.

During the meeting, Vice Minister Jiang Fan arranged work for the mid-term evaluation and function zones of population development. He asked all the places to further increase their awareness about the work for function zones of population development, put forward local plans for function zones of population development, raise various policy systems to promote the formation of function zones of population development, attach special importance to the work for function zones of population development in key regions and areas, and provide powerful support to formulating and carrying out plan for the function zones.

Participants to the meeting include leading personnel in charge from State Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Land and Resources, leaders from NPFPC departments and institutions affiliated to NPFPC, experts and scholars, director, deputy directors and division directors in charge of development and planning from population and family planning commissions of all the provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, cities specially designated in the state plan, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and directors of population and family planning committees of all the leagues/cities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

(Source: : Gan Guohua, Chian Population News)