关键词: 人口国情, 自主知识体系, 人口治理, 人口工作

Abstract: Since the advent of the new era, China's demographic landscape has undergone profound changes, characterized by trends such as a continuous decline in total population, accelerated ageing of the age structure, steady improvement in population quality, significant regional population divergence, and enhanced interethnic interactions. These multifaceted trends have imposed higher demands on population research. As a result, population research should transition from “problem-solving” to “disciplinary foundation-building” and ultimately achieving “governance upgrading.” Responding to the challenges of the era, constructing an independent knowledge system in demography, and advancing innovative governance approaches and systemic transformations with Chinese characteristics have become the important missions of population research in the new era. To this end, population work needs to keep pace with the times. The priority tasks include: integrating data resources and deepening the application of big data technology; improving the fertility support policy system and perfecting the elderly care service system; coordinating educational reform and promoting the innovation of the mechanism for cultivating scientific and technological talents; clarifying the laws of migration transition and strengthening international migration governance; promoting ethnic integration and consolidating the sense of community for Chinese nation.

Keywords: Demographic Landscape, Independent Knowledge System, Population Governance, Population Work