China's top health authority and the association on family planning co-hosted an activity to promote knowledge of contraception on Sept 26 in Beijing.

Sept 26 was first designated World Contraception Day (WCD) in 2007.

The annual worldwide campaign is centered on a vision where every pregnancy is wanted, according to its website.

It said that WCD's mission is to improve awareness of contraception and to enable young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health.

Ma Xiaowei, deputy minister in charge of the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), said that Chinese government has paid much attention to reproductive health and has adopted it into the national development strategy.

Ma Xiaowei, deputy minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission delivers a speech during the activity.

By spreading knowledge of contraception and reproductive health there will be an improvement in the general health of China’s adolescents, according to Ma.

A survey on the reproductive health of college students was released during the activity, and three health experts received and answered relevant questions on the subject.

More than 260 representatives from the Central Committee of the Communist Young League, United Nations Population Fund, NHFPC, and Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning attended the activity.

Volunteers and representatives pose for a group photo at the end of the activity.