A newborn baby, whose Chinese zodiac sign is dragon, is seen with the baby's footprint at a hospital in Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 10, 2024, the Chinese Lunar New Year's Day. (Photo by Hu Panxue/Xinhua)
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China recorded 9.54 million births in 2024, an increase of 520,000 compared with 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday.
The birth rate for 2024 reached 6.77 per 1,000 people, reflecting an increase of 0.38 per thousand from the previous year, according to the NBS.
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