For many Chinese families, it would be highly desirable to have their children born in the Year of the Dragon.
This four-month-pregnant woman in the southern city of Guangzhou explains:
"Some people believe that a child born in the Year of the Dragon is more of a natural leader who is successful, confident, wise, brave and beautiful. Many of my friends are also planning to have children in this especially auspicious year."
According to the Institute of Population at Renmin University, some 20 million babies are likely to be delivered this year. That's an increase of 5 percent over last year.
Demographers say this new baby boom, which began in 2005, will continue until after 2014, as those who were bor
