Published on a quarterly basis, the journal is co-sponsored by Chinese Medical Association, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, and Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies.

It was edited and published by the editorial office of Reproduction & Contraception (ISSN 0253-357X) (Chinese name: 生殖与避孕).

[2] In April of the same year, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) of the People's Republic of China officially approved the renaming of the Journal of Reproduction and Contraception (English Edition) (ISSN 1001-7844) to its current title, Reproductive and Developmental Medicine (ISSN 2096-2924).

At the same time, the journal’s governor was changed from the National Health and Family Planning Commission to the China Association for Science and Technology.

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