财经金融新闻 中国开展代孕专项打击活动

Health authorities in China announced a crackdown on the surrogacy business earlier this month, stating that the practice upsets the natural order of childbirth.

月初，中国健康部门宣布对代孕开展专项打击行动，称代孕扰乱了正常的生育秩序。

The past year has seen a number of reports on the rise in popularity for surrogacy, a practice where a woman gives birth to another woman's child.

去年，代孕报道层出不穷，代孕指为她人生育行为。

The health commission said that regulators will ban any businesses involved in the practice of surrogacy.

健康委员会表示称，管理机构将打击一些代孕行为。

Prior to this, hospitals were already prohibited from assisting in surrogate pregnancies¹.

在此之前，医院已被禁止辅助代孕。

Regulators said newspapers and other forms of media will be required to remove all surrogacy advertising² from their publications and sites, and authorities will also block Internet content on these businesses.

管理机构称将要求新闻报纸等其它媒介清除一切待代孕广告，有关部门也将禁止其在网上的传播。

In China, a demand for surrogacy services has grown with higher infertility³ rates.

在中国，不孕率的上升导致代孕服务业需求增大。

According to the China Woman and Child Development Center and the China Population Association, in 2012 some 12 percent of women of child-bearing age were infertile⁴, while the two decades earlier the figure was only at 3 percent.

据中国妇女儿童发展中心以及中国人口学会所说，2012年，有12%的生育年龄女性无法生育，20年前这一数字仅为3%。

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1 pregnancies   

怀孕，妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象，战时人口正该补充。
• She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。

2 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

3 infertility   

n.不肥沃，不毛；不育

参考例句：

• It is the Geneva, Switzerland-based Biotech Company's second recombinant infertility drug. 它是瑞士生物技术公司在日内瓦的公司生产的第二种重组治疗不孕症的药。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术制药疫苗
• Endometritis is a cause of infertility. 子宫内膜炎是不育的原子。 来自辞典例句

4 infertile   

adj.不孕的；不肥沃的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• Plants can't grow well in the infertile land.在贫瘠的土地上庄稼长不好。
• Nobody is willing to till this infertile land.这块薄田没有人愿意耕种。