17.23 million babies born across China in 2017

(Xinhua)

Updated: 2018-01-23

Children attend the World Skiing Day activity in a resort in Chongli County of Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, on Jan. 18, 2015. About 17.23 million babies were born in 2017, of which 51 percent have an older sibling, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. However, the total number of births fell by about 630,000 compared with 2016 while percentage of the population aged over 60 rose from 16.7 percent in 2016 to 17.3 percent in 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Staff members bath babies in a postnatal confinement center in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 1, 2017. About 17.23 million babies were born in 2017, of which 51 percent have an older sibling, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. However, the total number of births fell by about 630,000 compared with 2016 while percentage of the population aged over 60 rose from 16.7 percent in 2016 to 17.3 percent in 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

He Xin (L), a mother of two children, enjoys her period of confinement in a postnatal confinement center in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 2, 2017. About 17.23 million babies were born in 2017, of which 51 percent have an older sibling, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. However, the total number of births fell by about 630,000 compared with 2016 while percentage of the population aged over 60 rose from 16.7 percent in 2016 to 17.3 percent in 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Song Dan and her family pose for a group photo at home in Beijing, capital of China, May 13, 2017. About 17.23 million babies were born in 2017, of which 51 percent have an older sibling, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. However, the total number of births fell by about 630,000 compared with 2016 while percentage of the population aged over 60 rose from 16.7 percent in 2016 to 17.3 percent in 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Pregnant women show paintings on their bellies drawn by their husbands during an event celebrating the Father's Day in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 18, 2017. About 17.23 million babies were born in 2017, of which 51 percent have an older sibling, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. However, the total number of births fell by about 630,000 compared with 2016 while percentage of the population aged over 60 rose from 16.7 percent in 2016 to 17.3 percent in 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Midwives take nursing care of a new-born baby at the People's Hospital of Hanshan in east China's Anhui Province, May 12, 2017. About 17.23 million babies were born in 2017, of which 51 percent have an older sibling, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. However, the total number of births fell by about 630,000 compared with 2016 while percentage of the population aged over 60 rose from 16.7 percent in 2016 to 17.3 percent in 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]