ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a preliminary analysis of the 1982 census results. It provides an assessment of the one-child family planning policy as a preliminary evaluation of the extent to which a one-child policy can be successfully implemented. The chapter examines the mortality transition in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1949. It discusses a very sensitive issue: How many humans lives have been sacrificed in the construction of the socialist state? The chapter explores the future population of China, with particular focus on evaluating how the future manpower development could affect the modernization of China based on the analyses of fertility and mortality. It also discusses human resource problems such as available workers and employment in exploring the prospects of social change in the PRC. The PRC’s population policy has undergone a 180-degree shift from pronatal to an antinatal commitment.
