China to maintain family planning policy: official

 　　BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will keep its family planning policy unchanged as the populous¹ nation still faces mounting resource and population pressures, an official said Monday.

　　China will not change its basic state policy on family planning, Wang Feng, deputy head of the State Commission Office for Public Sector² Reform, told a press conference in response to a question regarding the possibility of a change in the policy.

　　The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Sunday unveiled a government restructuring plan which proposed to merge³ the existing Ministry⁴ of Health with the National Population and Family Planning Commission, among other restructuring proposals.

　　Wang said the proposed national health and family planning commission will strengthen implementation⁵ of the family planning policy in aspects of institutional setup, personnel and function allocation.

　　The restructuring plan is subject to deliberation of national lawmakers at the ongoing⁶ annual session of the National People's Congress.

1 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

6 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。