Previous years have also seen a baby rush. New births in the last Year of the Dragon in 2012 stood at 91,600, 38 per cent higher than the following Year of the Snake, according to government data.

To boost its birth rate, China has implemented a slew of supportive policies in recent years. It phased out the one-child ...

The Dragon Chinese zodiac sign is believed to be particularly auspicious, and data from hospitals over the Lunar New Year which began on Feb. 10 showed that the number of newborns had increased ...

Chinese demographers predicted that the "dragon baby fever" is likely to cause a small baby boom this year, a positive sign of people's confidence in China's economy and social policies.

Whether it's hard to be a dragon baby or not, one thing is clear: Asian countries — including Singapore and China, both of which follow the lunar year — are facing a birth rate problem.

"Chinese people have a strong preference for zodiac signs, and we saw a small baby boom in the previous Year of the Dragon in 2012," said Zhai Zhenwu, president of the China Population Association.

Many ethnic Chinese parents want a baby born in the Year of the Dragon. The problem is, so does everyone else. People stand next to a dragon figure at a new year's fair in Beijing on February 4 ...

Famous dragons include Bruce Lee, Vladimir Putin, Emma Stone, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Lennon, Jean Paul Gaultier, Andy Warhol and Al Pacino The Dragon is the most auspicious symbol in Chinese ...

JOHOR BARU: It is double joy for Serene Goh and Jonathan Koh as the couple will welcome the birth of their first child – a dragon baby – after the Chinese New Year.

The Dragon Year, which occurs once every 12 years in the Chinese zodiac cycle, has historically set the high-water mark for total live births every dozen years in Singapore.