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Males at Marriage Age 18 Million more than Females in China
Update: 11/14/2007 12:32:00 PM Source: Xinhua

 

The number of males in China at marriage age is 18 million more than that of females due to a long period of high sex birth ratio since the 1980s, according to the country's family planning authorities.

The sex ratio at birth in rural areas was 122.85:100, higher than the national average of 119.58:100, as compared with the normal sex ratio of 103 to 107:100, according to Zhang Weiqing, National Population and Family Planning Commission director.

By 2020, males aged between 20 and 45 were forecast to be 30 million more than females in the country, he said at a rural population and family planning conference in the Henan Province capital.

Rural families still have a preference for boys as agricultural production currently relies mainly on laborers, according to Zhang.

China will continue to crack down on illegal prenatal sex selection and will try to help people discard traditional ideas of a preference for boys, the official said.

Zhang said urgent problems regarding investment and services lay with rural family planning administrations.

"Lack of financial support for family planning work is widespread in rural areas," he said.

Currently, basic free contraception control services are not provided in some areas, which directly leads to a rebound in births, Zhang said.

He added it was urgent to make preferential social and economic policies more conducive to the implementation of family planning work.



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