China News Service, Urumqi, September 3. Xinjiang implements a family planning policy in accordance with the law. The people choose safe, effective, and appropriate birth control measures on their own, and there are no issues such as "compulsory sterilization".

On the 3rd, the Xinjiang Philosophy and Social Sciences Network sponsored by the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences released the "Research Report on Overseas Speculation of Xinjiang's Population Issues" (hereinafter referred to as the "Research Report") to express the above views on Xinjiang's population stability and family planning policies.

　　According to the "Research Report", the German anti-China scholar Zheng Guoen recently released the so-called "Research Report" "Sterilization, Intrauterine Device and Compulsory Family Planning: CCP's Campaign to Suppress the Uyghur Birth Rate in Xinjiang", citing some data and ulterior motives unilaterally. The case report falsely claimed that “Xinjiang’s natural population growth has declined sharply” and slandered the so-called “compulsory sterilization” problem in Xinjiang. This does not conform to scientific research methods and academic norms, nor does it conform to the real situation in Xinjiang.

In fact, the Uyghur population in Xinjiang has continued to grow. In the process of implementing family planning in accordance with the law, the rights and interests of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been fully protected.

　　The "Research Report" believes that the decline in Xinjiang's population growth in 2018 is the result of the full implementation of the family planning policy, and also a manifestation of Xinjiang's economic and social development and changes in the concept of fertility among the people of all ethnic groups.

Before 2017, the implementation of family planning policies in southern Xinjiang such as Kashgar and Hotan was not in place, and there was a relatively common phenomenon of over-birth.

In recent years, in the process of promoting targeted poverty alleviation, Xinjiang has identified a large number of over-birth populations through household inspections and other methods, and settled down in accordance with regulations based on facts.

　　The birth rate and natural growth rate of Xinjiang's population dropped from 15.88‰ and 11.40‰ in 2017 to 10.69‰ and 6.13‰ in 2018, respectively. In 2018, the new population decreased by about 120,000 compared with 2017.

According to estimates by the health and statistics departments, about 80,000 people were born less due to the problem of over-birth control in accordance with the law.

At the same time, as the work of poverty alleviation progressed, the production and living conditions in the poor areas of southern Xinjiang continued to improve, the process of urbanization was significantly accelerated, the urban population continued to increase, the education level and cultural quality of the people of all ethnic groups were greatly improved, and the concept of fertility changed. More and more people voluntarily choose late marriage and late childbirth, fewer births and better births.

　　The "Research Report" also believes that family planning is a basic national policy of China. The implementation of family planning in Xinjiang has promoted the long-term balanced development of the population. The current type of population growth conforms to the objective laws of economic and social development.

　　The implementation of family planning in Xinjiang and the whole country is not only the implementation of the basic national policy, but also the objective need to achieve the coordinated and sustainable development of population and economic, social and environmental resources.

Xinjiang is an arid area with shortage of water resources and severe desertification problems.

In particular, the population of southern Xinjiang is growing rapidly, and the shortage of cultivated land resources is becoming more and more serious.

In 2018, the per capita arable land area of ​​the four prefectures in southern Xinjiang was 2.32 mu, which was 67.78% of the world average (3.42 mu).

For a period of time, due to the interference and destruction of the "three forces", the implementation of family planning policies in Xinjiang, especially Kashgar, Hotan and other southern Xinjiang regions, has not been in place. Super-family planning and out-of-marital births have been severe. This has led to the rapid natural growth of Xinjiang’s population and limited dilution. The natural resources and poverty alleviation resources in China have also caused an excessive economic and support burden on many families.

In order to coordinately solve the relationship between the hard constraints of water, arable land and other resources and environment and population development, so that people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang can live a good life, Xinjiang needs to implement family planning, promote long-term balanced population development, and promote healthy economic and social development.

　　Since the implementation of the family planning policy in Xinjiang, the pressure of excessive population growth has been relieved, and the physical fitness of people of all ethnic groups has been greatly improved, especially the health care level of women and children has been continuously improved.

The average life expectancy of people of all ethnic groups reached 74.82 years in 2015.

　　The world population development trend shows that the higher the level of economic and social development, the stronger people's self-worth realization and the concept of prenatal and postnatal care, and the fertility rate and natural population growth rate will decrease accordingly.

With the continuous development of Xinjiang’s economy and society, the living conditions of people of all ethnic groups in travel, housing, education, medical treatment, and employment have undergone fundamental changes, which has promoted the steady improvement of population quality. Xinjiang’s birth rate, population mortality rate, and natural population growth rate have changed from The 22.55‰, 7.69‰, and 14.86‰ in 1978 dropped to 10.69‰, 4.56‰, and 6.13‰ in 2018, respectively. Xinjiang’s population development has entered a modern population growth pattern of “low births, low deaths, and low growth”.

　　The "Research Report" stated that Xinjiang implements a family planning policy in accordance with the law, and the masses independently choose safe, effective, and appropriate birth control measures, and there are no issues such as "compulsory sterilization".

　　The implementation of China’s family planning policy has experienced an orderly development process from the interior to the frontier, the city to the countryside, and the Han to the ethnic minorities, and a relatively loose policy for ethnic minorities is different from that of the Han.

Xinjiang, as a part of China, implements family planning in accordance with national laws and regulations, and has never formulated and implemented family planning policies for single ethnic minorities.

　　Since 1975, Xinjiang has implemented a family planning policy in Urumqi and other cities where the Han population is relatively concentrated.

In 1981, the "Interim Regulations on Certain Issues of Family Planning" was issued, and the family planning policy was fully implemented in the Han population.

The Family Planning Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was released in 1992, and the family planning policy of ethnic minorities was more relaxed than that of Han nationality among the entire population of Xinjiang. That is, urban Han people advocated that a couple had one child, and rural people could have two children; A couple of urban ethnic minorities can have 2 children, and a couple in rural areas can have 3 children.

In 2017, with the improvement of the economic and social development level and the convergence of the people of all ethnic groups, Xinjiang revised the "Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Population and Family Planning Regulations", stipulating that all ethnic groups implement a unified family planning policy, that is, a couple can have 2 children in an urban area Children, a rural couple can have 3 children.

The "Research Report" pointed out that the family planning policy for ethnic minorities in Xinjiang is not only 17 years later than that of Han ethnic groups, but it is still relatively looser than inland.

　　According to the "Research Report", in recent years, Xinjiang has adopted measures such as promoting management according to law, strengthening publicity and advocacy, and providing quality services to implement family planning policies, and the work has achieved remarkable results.

The people choose safe, effective and appropriate contraceptive measures on their own, and women of childbearing age voluntarily accept tubal ligation and intrauterine device placement.

In Hetian and other places, people are encouraged to choose long-term contraceptive measures that are suitable for them, following the principle of combining voluntary and technical guidance. The number of people who choose to receive free fallopian tube ligation and intrauterine device placement has increased significantly over a period of time.

Practice has proved that, among various contraceptive measures, tubal ligation and intrauterine device placement are long-acting contraceptive measures. They are internationally recognized contraceptive measures with low side effects, high safety and effectiveness, and have been widely used in other regions in China. , Was also voluntarily accepted by people of childbearing age in Xinjiang.

(Finish)