Pre-marital checkups

It's time to offer free premarital physical checks for newly weds to prevent the rise of defective babies, says an article on the website www.rednet.cn. The following is an excerpt:

The abolition of compulsory pre-marital physical checks in China is posing a great threat to the quality of the population.

Zhejiang province recently took the lead to adopt free physical checks before marriage or pregnancy. This new policy will benefit 1.2 million people in Zhejiang thanks to annual investment of about 120 million yuan by local treasuries.