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Couples in Beijing can now register online for the birth certificate for their first child, Fang Laiying, the director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, said in a conference in Beijing April 8.
The city will continue to monitor the dynamic information and statistics related to families already having or applying for a second child to make sound analysis and provide training courses for pregnant women in over 120 midwifery institutions, hoping to improve the government's medical services for mothers and their babies.
Wang Anshun, the mayor of Beijing, said more than 34,000 families have submitted applications for a second child. As of end of February 2015, the applications of 32,000 couples have been approved.
China eased its three-decade-long family planning restriction in late 2013. Beijing followed the suit and relaxed its birth control policy on Feb 21, 2014, allowing couples to have a second child if either parent is the only child in his respective family.
A total of 250,000 women gave birth to babies in 2014, 24 percent higher than that of 2013, following Beijing's introduction of "two children" policy.
According to local authorities, the average life expectancy of Beijing residents with a hukou, or household registration, reached 81.8 in 2014, according to a report released during the conference.
The authorities estimate that the number of births is expected to reach a higher level in 2016.
Edited by Mevlut Katik
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Nurses take care of newborns at a hospital in Xiangyang city, Hubei province, on Feb 25, 2015. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] |
