The world population was no more than 5.7 billion before the Programme was enforced.

In 2013, the world population neared 7.2 billion people and had increased by over 1.5 billion people since the adoption of the Programme of Action of ICPD, the International Conference on Population and Development, in 1994.

Beijing is willing to work with Germany and other countries along the route of China-Europe freight trains to enable better development of the trade route.