Shanghai is going through a baby boom

Although officials insisted this week that Shanghai?s current family-planning policies aren?t going anywhere anytime soon, in the same breath, the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission announced that Shanghai is in the middle of a baby boom -- one child per family of course.

The boom, which started in 2006 according to officials, means an extra 4,000 babies in the city this year, totaling 168,000 children, up from 164,600 last year.

The number is expected to increase to 170,000 in 2011, and the city should expect the rise to continue through to 2017. read more

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