Director of China’s National Population and Family Planning Commission Wang Xia announced at a work conference held in Beijing on January 14, 2013 that China will stick to its basic state policy of family planning and prioritize efforts to stabilize the country’s low fertility levels in the long term.

Experts have said that China’s current low fertility level is not stable because with the exception of some developed cities, the fertility level in most of China's regions will rise if the basic state policy of family planning is abolished. Therefore it is necessary to stick to the basic state policy of family planning to stabilize the current low fertility level.

Wang also outlined four important work points for 2013, saying that China should strengthen its basic grassroots work and establish a complete working system in light of the great numbers of young migrant workers flocking to the cities for jobs.