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The baby boy, born at two minutes past midnight Thursday in a Beijing hospital, counted China’s billionth citizen and the date, January 6, 2005, became the Billion Population Day of China.
With 3,600 grams and 52 cm, the boy is in good condition. So far, the boy has no name. His mother is Lan Hui in her 31 with the Shell Group panies and the boy’s father is one staff from Air China.
"I am very happy, and I am the happiest man in the world," the boy’s father said.
Gu Xiulian, Vice-Chairperson of the NPC mittee and President of the ACWF, visited the hospital to see the ing citizen. Zhang Weiqing, director of National Population and Family mission (NPFPC) of China, awarded him the certificate and gifts.
According to the data from National Bureau of Statistics (统计)of China, the population in China mainland would reach 1,299,880,000 by the end of 2004, with a increase of 20,800 on average. Based on this statistics, on January 6, this population would top at 1. 3 billion. NPFPC had determined in advance that the first baby born in this hospital after midnight would be the symbolic billionth Chinese.
On the same day, more than 20,000 other babies were added to China’s population list.
The nation’s population policy over the past 25 years has contributed to balanced development, delaying the date of the landmark figu