Thelargenumberofourpopulationhasbecomeoneofthemostseriousproblemsofoursociety.AccordingtoarecentsurveyoftheNationalBureauofStatistics,therearemorethan1.3billionpeopleinourcountry,whichaccountforabout1/5ofallthepeopleintheworld.thesamesurveyalsopredictsthatourpopulationwillgrowquicklyintheyearstocome.

　　Overpopulationhasbroughtaboutaseriesofnegativeeffectstooureconomicdevelopmentandsocialsecurity.Inthefirstplace,toomanypeopleimposeaheavyburdenonourenvironment.Asaresult,wesufferfromashortageoffreshwaterandnaturalresources.Inthesecondplace,asthesupplyoflaborGREatlyexceedsthedemandofthesociety,manypeoplebecomeemployed.Thisisasourceofsocialunrest.Lastbutnotleast,wehavetomanufactureallkindsofproductstomeettheneedsofthepeople,whichcausesenvironmentpollutiontoourlakesandland.

　　Seriousthoughtheproblemseems,wehavetotakesomemeasurestotackleit.Ontheonehand,thegovernmentshouldcarryoutmorestrictlythepolicyoffamilyplanning,thusreducingthetotalnumberofpopulation.Ontheotherhand,allthepeopleshouldrealizetheharmsofoverpopulation.Withtheconcertedeffortsofallthepartiesconcerned,we’resuretosolvetheprobleminthefuture.