Population Research Institute
Established in 1980, the Population Research Institute is one of the earliest institutions to offer the program in population economics in China. It has been under the auspices of the UNFPA since 1985. Its research fields include economics of population, resources and environment, sustainable development economics, human resource development and management, labor economics and social security, and urbanization and population policy and planning. The institute offers a master program in economics of population, resources and environment.
The institute has undertaken over 30 projects which were separately funded by the UNFPA, the National Social Sciences Foundation, the Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education, the Social Sciences Fund of Jiangsu Province, and some enterprises. It has won over 20 prizes of national, ministerial, provincial, and other levels for excellent academic results.
Collaborating with the Population Academy of Jiangsu Province, the institute has launched a quarterly journal named Population Theory and Practice and has edited and published 136 issues.
Director of the Institute XIA Haiyong Tel: 83593332