关键词: 家庭变迁, 家庭政策, 社会政策, 人口转变

Abstract: In the context of rapid demographic transition and socio-economic development,family size in China has been shrinking,family structure has been simplifying,and the traditional family functions have been eroding.These changes have produced considerable impacts on various social policies,raising concerns over revising and improving family policies.Despite the fact that China′s family policies have greatly contributed to population development,family security and gender equity since the reform and opening-up,the policy arrangements tend to be made implicitly that supply deficiency.This paper argues that China′s family policies should be reoriented being explicitly developmental policies.Accordingly,a special government institution of family policy should be established,and family as a whole to be regarded as the basic welfare object,family investment to be aimed at building family capabilities,and family policies to be enhanced to a generalized preferential system with which conflicting policies need to be prevented.

Keywords: Family Change, Family Policy, Social Policy, Demographic Transition