UNFPA-funded component projects in China
China Population Today 11(2): 17-19
1994
PMID: 12346837 Document Number: 319804
Brief summary descriptions are given for 16 projects funded by the UN Family Planning Association in China. The largest project pertains to a joint effort in training doctors in 300 of the poorest counties and education of local government personnel about maternal and child health and family planning programs. The contraception production project is devoted to self-sufficient production of effective and safe contraceptives and eliminating production of the stainless steel IUD and other ineffective contraceptives. Basic research is being funded at Beijing, Tianjin, and Chengdu research institutes on safe and acceptable fertility regulation methods for Chinese people. Family planning personnel at Nanjing Population College will receive strengthened training, while maternal and child health and family planning professionals at the National Training Center will have management skills upgraded. Both programs will have short term courses and long term diploma programs. 23 provincial subcenters and 2 regional centers in Beijing and Shanghai will receive help in better maintenance of equipment. 20 pilot training centers in 19 provinces will be targeted for improved training of family planning workers. Population education will be expanded to 2000 middle schools in 25 provinces, farmer's schools, and junior middle schools. A population information program will be established to collect, store, disseminate, and publish population information in the Population Information and Research Center (CPIRC) within China and abroad and to publish and analyze within the State Statistical Bureau 1990 Census data. CPIRC will be developing an information processing system. Research by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences will be directed to women' status and the household economy and fertility. Policy personnel will receive training. Demographic research will be conducted by the Research Center for the Rural Economy. Family planning field workers will receive training at the National Demographic Center at the People's University of China, and a master's degree in population science will be offered at the Institute of Population Research of Peking University. Income generation will be the focus of projects in 34 counties in 10 provinces. Population aging will receive research funding. The Department of International Relations will have support for national execution of UNFPA projects.