China Medical News

The National Bureau of Statistics reported that the Chinese population reached 1.3678 billion at the end of 2014. According to the Bureau, 7.1 million people were added to the national population in the past year. This data takes into account the total number born, 16.87 million, and offsets it with those who passed away, 9.77 million.
The number of babies born in China last year increased by 470,000 compared to 2013, and according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, this is due to a series of moves to relax the family planning restrictions. Since late 2013, 29 of the 31 provincial regions on the mainland have enacted policies that allow couples to have a second baby if either partner is a single child. Little over 1 million such couples have registered with the authorities to have a second child by the end of last year, and the baby boom could last for 5-8 years, the commission said. (Source: China Daily)