China maintains family planning policy: official

 　　BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese official has said the country's family planning policy should be unswervingly adhered to.

　　The policy should be a long-term one and its primary goal is to keep a low birthrate, said Wang Xia, minister in charge of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, at a national conference on Monday.

　　The authorities will expand pre-pregnancy check services to reach all county-level areas across the country and ensure migrants' equal access to related public services this year, according to Wang.

　　At present, such services are available in about 60 percent of county-level areas, covering more than 80 percent of the target population, according to the official.

　　Efforts should also be made to rectify¹ the imbalance in gender² ratio, she said.

　　Wang added that the birthrate in China was held at a low level in 2012.

1 rectify   

v.订正，矫正，改正

参考例句：

• The matter will rectify itself in a few days.那件事过几天就会变好。
• You can rectify this fault if you insert a slash.插人一条斜线便可以纠正此错误。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。