二孩政策之後 中國出生率飆升
The increase follows the relaxation of China's strict one-child policy a year ago.
由於一年前獨生子女政策的放寬，中國的出生率增長顯著。
There were 17.86 million births in 2016, an 7.9% increase on 2015, according to National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) statistics.
據國家衛生和計劃生育委員會的統計數據顯示，2016年，中國新生兒的數量達到了1786萬，比2015年增加了7.9%。
More than 45% of the babies born in 2016 had one or more older siblings.
在2016年出生的這些新生兒當中，已有一個或多個兄弟姐妹的達到了45%。
"While the total number of women of childbearing age fell by five million, the number of births increased significantly, showing that the family planning policy adjustments were extremely timely and extremely effective," said the NHFPC's Yang Wenzhuang.
衛生和計劃生育委員會的楊文莊表示：“雖然育齡婦女總數減少了500萬，但出生人口的數量卻增長明顯，這表明計劃生育政策調整是非常及時、非常有效的。”
He said that by 2020, there were expected to be between 17 and 20 million births every year. Officials estimate that by 2050 there will be an extra 30 million of working age in China.
他指出，到2020年，預計每年將會有1700萬到2000萬的新生兒。官方預計，到2050年，中國將額外出現3000萬的勞動力。
Separate data by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) counted a slightly higher figure of 18.46 million births in 2016.
中國國家統計局的獨立數據則要更高一些，該數據顯示，2016年中國的新生兒人數達到了1846萬。
The discrepancy was blamed on different statistical methods - the NBS numbers were based on a sampling survey, while the NHFPC's were based on hospital birth certificate data - but officials said both confirmed a significant upwards trend.
這一差異歸因於統計方法的不同--國家統計局採用的是樣本抽樣的方法，而衛計委則是根據醫院出生證明的數量，不過官方表示，兩者都證實了出生人口顯著上升的這一趨勢。
