Baochang Gu

Given name:                         Baochang
Surname:                             Gu

Country of nationality:        China
Country of residence:          China

Mailing address:            Beijing Medical University, Bldg 25-01-13, Haidian District, Beijing, China 100083

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Telephone (Home):                             86-10-8280-1399

Telephone (Office):                             86-13910056983

Highest degree:                                  Ph.D.
Year:                                                   1986
Institution:                                         University of Texas at Austin
Discipline:                                           Sociology and Demography 

Current employment/position:          Professor of Demography, Center for Population and Development Studies, Renmin University of China

Previous employment:
1. China Family Planning Association, Beijing
2. The Population Council, New York
3. China Population Information and Research Center

Other honorary or professional positions:
1. Member of the Specialists Panel for Social Sciences Research on Reproductive Health, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva (2000-2010)
2. Member of the International Advisory Board, Asian Population Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS)
3. Member of the Establishment of Asian Population Association (APA)

Publication:
1. "Sex Ratio at Birth in China with Reference to Other Areas in East Asia:  What We Know," (with Krishna Roy).  Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3 (September, 1995): 17-42.

2. "Toward a Quality of Care Approach – Reorientation of the Family Planning Program in China," (with Erli Zhang and Zhenming Xie), in Innovations: Innovative Approaches to Population Program Management – Institutionalising Reproductive Health Programs, edited by Jay Satia, Patricia Mattews, and Aun Ting Lim. Volumes 7-8, Chapter 4: 39-52, 1999.  ICOMP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

3. “China’s Local and National Fertility Policy at the End of the Twentieth Century.” (with Wang Feng, Guo Zhigang, and Zhang Erli).  Population and Development Review. 2007, 33 (1): 129-147.

4. “Fertility prospects in China,” (with Yong Cai). 2011.  United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division,Expert Paper No. 2011/14.  http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/expertpapers/2011-14_Gu&Cai_Expert-paper.pdf.

5.  “Internal Migration Dominates Population Dynamics in China.”  Asian Population Studies. 10:1, 1-3. February 2014.