China's fertility treatment reaches world-class level

Measures are being taken to deal with expected boom in older mothers, says top health official

Around 700,000 fertility treatment surgeries are carried out in China every year, a top health and population official revealed on Tuesday.

Ma Xiaowei, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, China's top health authority, said that the surgeries were being done at the country's 432 certified medical institutions.