China is likely to see a baby boom by the end of this year, a year after the two-child policy is implemented. According to Yuan Xin, a professor at the Population and Development Institute of Nankai University, many women who want to have a second child are now pregnant. Wang Peian, deputy director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said the current situation is generally in line with expectations. A total of 8.31 million babies were born in the first half of this year, up 6.9 percent year-on-year. According to Wang, 44.6 percent of newborn babies are second children, up 6.7 percentage points over the previous year. With the implementation of the second-child policy, a large number of eligible families are choosing to have a second child.