It is understood that at present the rate of breast-feeding in mainland China is nearly 50 %, but in some big cities like Shanghai or Peking, the rate has already fallen to 10 %. Mainland China is thus planning to get the rate of natural feeding up to 80 % by the year 2000.
據瞭解，中國大陸目前儘管平均母乳哺育率有將近百分之五十，但一些大城市如上海、北平，比例已降為百分之十，中共也打算在公元兩千年時，將母乳哺育率提昇為百分之八十。