Li Dai

TL;DR: There have been moderate increases in birth weight percentiles for Chinese infants of both sexes and most gestational ages since 1980s, suggesting the importance of utilizing an updated national reference for both clinical and research purposes.

TL;DR: The contribution of preterm birth complications to mortality decreased after the neonatal period; congenital abnormalities remained an important cause of mortality throughout infancy, whereas the contribution of injuries to mortality increased after the first year of life.

TL;DR: China is the only country that has succeeded in reverting the rising trends in caesarean sections and perinatal and pregnancy related mortality in China, and its success is remarkable given that the changes in obstetric risk associated with the relaxation of the one child policy would have led to an increase in the need for caesAREan sections.

TL;DR: The surveillance system for birth defects is prerequisite to propose, conduct and assess any interventions for the disease, and measures should be taken to improve the national and provincial birth defects surveillance systems in China.

TL;DR: Although some counties in China have under-5 mortality rates similar to those in the most developed nations in 2012, some have similar rates to those recorded in Burkina Faso and Cameroon, and the inter-county Gini coefficient has been decreasing.