全面二孩政策實施一年 年底將進入生育高峯期

China is likely to encounter a peak in births at the end of 2016, one year after the implementation of the country's two-child policy.

在距離二孩政策執行一年之後，中國很有可能在今年年底迎來生育高峯。

According to Yuan Xin, professor with the Population and Development Institute under Nankai University, many women who currently intend to have a second child are now pregnant.

據南開大學人口和發展研究所的袁欣教授表示，目前許多想要生二胎的女性正處於妊娠期。

Vice Minister Wang Pei'an of the National Health and Family Planning Commission remarked that the situation is generally within expectations.

國家衛生和計劃生育委員會副主任王培安表示，目前形勢總體符合預期。

A total of 8.31 million babies were born in the first half of this year, increasing 6.9 percent from the same period last year.

今年上半年總共有831萬個嬰兒出生，同比去年增長6.9%。

Of those babies, 44.6 percent were second children, up 6.7 percent from the year before, Wang added.

王培安表示，在新生嬰兒中44.6%是二胎，比前一年增長了6.7個百分點。

With the implementation of the two-child policy, large numbers of eligible families are choosing to have a second baby.

隨着二孩政策的實施，大量符合資格的家庭正在選擇生育二胎。

As a result, high-risk pregnancies and a shortage of pediatricians are positioned to become new challenges for the country.

因此，高危妊娠、以及兒科醫生的缺乏將成爲中國面臨的新挑戰。