Henan looks to balance its babies

Government officials in Henan who fail to implement policies to control the disproportionate sex ratio at birth will be ineligible for promotion and could be demoted, a spokesman for the provincial population and family planning commission said yesterday.

Wang Jieying, head of the commission's communications department, said: "We will launch a six-month campaign in March to assess the situation, after which we will announce our results.

"Officials must enforce the government's strict policies on managing the sex ratio," he said.