中国的人口

　　中国是世界上人口数量最多的国家，截至2000年11月1日，全国总人口为12.95亿，占世界总人口的1/5左右。

　　人口问题是中国面临的一个非常突出的问题。人口的过快增长给经济发展和环境保护带来了巨大的压力。20世纪70年代以来，中国政府实行了计划生育政策，大大缓解了人口压力。 中国的人口，其地区分布不均匀。东部人口多，西部人口少；平原人口多，山地、高原地区人口少。 

　　Population

　　China has the largest population in the world, with 1.295 billion people by the end of the 1st of November 2000, or one fifth of the world's total.

　　Population is a prominent problem in China, creating great pressure on economic development and environmental protection. Since the 1970s, Chinese government has pushed forward a family planning program aimed at greatly reducing this population pressure.  Moreover, the Chinese population is unevenly distributed. The east is densely populated, while the west is sparsely populated; the plains are densely populated, but the mountainous areas and plateaus are sparsely populated.