Beijing gets ready for rush of births

Beijing will have more than half a million extra births in the next few years because of the recently adopted national two-child policy.

The birth rush will bring challenges to public services in Beijing, such as maternal health, baby nurseries and kindergarten education, according to the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning.

The policy has made another 2.36 million couples who are permanent residents in Beijing eligible to have a second baby, the commission said on Thursday.