本文系美国得克萨斯大学M.J.K.哈珀教授去年来华参加世界卫生组织着床调节专题组例会时,应编辑部之约,特为本刊撰写的一篇综述。文中列举了从现在起到本世纪末国际生育调节研究的一些重点项目,并从研究工作本身和科研经费资助的角度,提出了其中哪些应列为最优先发展和优先发展的项目。本文展望了国际上该领域研究的前景,可供我国从事计划生育科研的研究人员、管理工作者以及情报研究者借鉴。——编者 This article is a review by the editorial department of Professor M.J.K. Harper at the University of Texas at Dallas last summer when he came to China to attend a regular meeting of the World Health Organization’s implantation adjustment program. The paper lists some key research projects of international fertility regulation from now to the end of this century. From the perspectives of research work and research funding, it puts forward some of the projects that should be given the highest priority and priority development. This article looks forward to the prospect of research in this field in the world and can be used for reference by researchers, managers and intelligence researchers engaged in family planning research in our country. --editor