Baby Boom In China

China's number of registered births in 2020 dropped by nearly a third from the total births reported the year before, in the latest sign that relaxations in the country's strict family planning policy are failing to spark a baby boom.

As soon as China abandoned its one-child policy a year ago, Zheng Xiaoyu and her husband started trying for a sibling for their nine-year-old son.

When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country's economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies. According to reports in Chinese media, the government may be ready to relax the notorious "one-child" policy, in existence since the late 1970s, and allow Chinese parents to have two kids.

Don't expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country's controversial one-child policy in three decades.

French milk brand Candia announced Monday it was setting up shop in China in a bid to ride on the wave of booming demand for foreign baby formula following a succession of food safety scares.Chinese parents have become distrustful of domestic milk brands,...

China's number of registered births in 2020 dropped by nearly a third from the total births reported the year before, in the latest sign that relaxations in the country's strict family planning policy are failing to spark a baby boom.

As soon as China abandoned its one-child policy a year ago, Zheng Xiaoyu and her husband started trying for a sibling for their nine-year-old son.

When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country's economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies. According to reports in Chinese media, the government may be ready to relax the notorious "one-child" policy, in existence since the late 1970s, and allow Chinese parents to have two kids.

Don't expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country's controversial one-child policy in three decades.

French milk brand Candia announced Monday it was setting up shop in China in a bid to ride on the wave of booming demand for foreign baby formula following a succession of food safety scares.Chinese parents have become distrustful of domestic milk brands,...