A Review and Appraisal of the ICPD Program of Action in China (ICPD-China)

It has been a global consensus that China, a key international player in ICPD PoA, has made enormous progress in achieving the goals of ICPD PoA since 1994. With the strong commitment of the Chinese Government on population and development, the achievements of China in ICPD PoA include, but not limited to, universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), women empowerment, youth health promotion, poverty reduction, enhancement of social security system, clean energy renovation, and environmental protection. In line with the practice of the international community, China has released five national reports to review and appraise the implementation of ICPD PoA in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2013, and 2019. These reports reviewed China's actions and policies related to ICPD PoA since 1994, and highlighted major achievements of China in the implementation of family planning services programs, and other population and development programs. However, systematical evaluations and reviews of the impacts and contributions of these programs to population growth and development of China and the whole World are lacking. Furthermore, the impacts of China's development programs on its population growth and improvement in human resources have not been sufficiently reviewed.

To improve the previous review and appraisal of the ICPD PoA in China, the project will focus on the following three major aspects:

• To provide overall reviews and appraisals for China's commitments and implementations of ICPD PoA in the past 30 years.
• To illustrate China's achievements in ICPD PoA since 1994 with conventional indicators outlined in ICPD PoA as well as new indicators from MDGs and SDGs.
• To conduct quantitative analyses and assessments for China's contribution in the implementation of ICPD PoA, MDGs, and SDGs agendas to the population growth and development of China as well as the entire World.