1. Introduction / Peng Xizhe
2. Distribution of China's Population and its Changes / Wang Guixin
3. Trends and Regional Differentials in Fertility Transition / Tu Ping
4. Trends and Geographic Differentials in Mortality / Hao Hongsheng
5. Population Policy and the Family-Planning Programme / Xie Zhenming
6. Age and Sex Structures / Li Yongping and Peng Xizhe
7. Population Ageing and Old Age Security / Du Peng and Tu Ping
8. Marriage Patterns in Contemporary China / Zeng Yi
9. Family Patterns / Guo Zhigang
10. Education in China / Peng Xizhe
11. China's Rural and Urban Employment in the Reform Era: Recent Trends and Policy Issues / Zuo Xuejin
12. China's Female Population / Tan Lin and Peng Xizhe
13. Urbanization / Zhong Fenggan
14. Floating Population and Internal Migration in China / Sun Changmin
15. International Migration Patterns / Ye Wenzhen
16. Ethnic Minority Population in China / Du Peng
17. Health and Health Care in Transition / Tang Shenglan and Wu Zhuochun
18. China's Environment and Environment Protection / Dai Xingyi and Peng Xizhe
19. Population of China: Prospects and Challenges / Zhai Zhenwu
20. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Waves of Chinese Immigrants and their Children / Lui Ping-keung.