More baby rooms to ease burdens

All major public places in China, such as transportation hubs, big shopping malls and hospitals, should be equipped with mother-and-child facilities by the end of 2020, according to a top authority guideline to support the implementation of the universal two-child policy.

All major airports and train stations in provincial capitals in China should offer such facilities before the end of this year, and more than 80 percent of major public places in the country should be equipped with such services by the end of 2018, according to the guideline, released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Such facilities, used for breast-feeding or diaper changing, should be at least 10 square meters with slip-proof floors, and include diaper-changing pads, hand-wash basins with hot water, cribs and chairs for mothers to sit in while breast-feeding, the guideline said. Workplaces should also set up nursing homes for breast-feeding staff, it added.