It is hoped that in the future the population will reattain the zero growth rate to maintain the status quo. Concerns distant and immediate: "Looking at it overall, the world population is exploding day after day, but you still have to make regional considerations in looking at population issues," contends Sun Te-hsiung. The distant concerns of sociologists about the changes in the population structure are by no means exaggerated.
「總的看來，世界人口一天天在暴增，但看人口問題仍要有區域性的考量」，孫得雄認為，社會學者對人口結構改變的遠慮絕非多餘。