Women 'keen' to have more than 1 kid

Most Chinese women would like to have more than one child, a survey by the National Family Planning Commission yesterday has said.

Jiang Fan, vice-minister of the commission, said: "Our research shows that 70.7 percent of women would like to have two or more babies.

"The figure rose 7.6 percentage points between 2001 and 2006, which indicates a possible baby boom," he said.