In China, family planning officials have sharply stepped up efforts to boost the birth rate.
This is happening against the backdrop of a rapid population decline in the country.
Officials are now visiting Chinese women at home to find out if they plan to have children, The New York Times reports.
This interference in women's personal affairs causes discontent. Many consider such questions intrusive.
Officials visit Chinese homes to ask women about their plans to have children.
Pregnant women are advised to register at local government-controlled health centres.
According to UN forecasts, China could lose up to half of its population by 2100.
The state is therefore looking for ways to increase the birth rate by interfering in the personal affairs of citizens.
