BEIJING — Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan met with Alvaro Bermejo, director-general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), on April 3.

Sun spoke highly of the good relationship between China and the IPPF, and expressed a willingness to deepen cooperation with the federation in such areas as family planning, reproductive health, and aging populations in developing countries.

Bermejo said he appreciates China’s achievements in family planning, and the federation is willing to consolidate cooperation with China, participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, and support China’s bigger role in global population development.