This tendency may transfer resources from the industrial sector to the agricultural, hampering industrial progress.
The population growth rate in China is not necessarily high in comparison with many other nations. Nonetheless, the country must maintain the planned childbirth policy for the control of population growth, aiming for zero growth, while under the constraints on food production mentioned above. Such maintenance will have a direct impact not only on China's development itself, but also on the future population of the world, will influence the world resource environment and socio-economic cooperative development, and will affect whether or not the human race can get on track for sustainable development.
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