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China's population nears 1.3 billion

www.chinanews.cn 2005-04-04 11:21:24

Chinanews Apr. 3 - By the end of 2004, the population of China reached
1,299,880,000, revealed Wang Guoqiang, vice director of the National
Population and Family Planning Commission at the Conference of Analysis
of National Population and Family Planning Work held yesterday in the
western Chinese city of Lanzhou, Gansu Province.
According to Wang, 2004 was a critical year for family planning work. The
natural growth rate fell to 0.587%, lower than expected, dropping 0.014
of a percentage point from last year. The conference concluded that
family planning has been carried out successfully in all of China's
provinces, municipal cities and autonomous regions.

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