電商進口驗胎神器被查 通過孕婦尿液就可辨別

Beijing authorities seized fetus gender testing kits from the US among parcels mailed to Chinese consumers who had placed orders on an online commerce platform.

近日，北京有關部門在郵寄入境物品中截獲了來自美國的胎兒性別鑑定試劑盒，這些產品是國內消費者通過某電商平臺下單購買的。

Three packs of testing kits were seized by the Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau last week, the bureau said in a press release last Wednesday.

北京出入境檢驗檢疫局上週三通報稱，上週該局截獲3盒胎兒性別鑑定試劑。

The testing kits can allegedly predict the sex of a fetus in the first five to 10 weeks of pregnancy through drops of urine, the bureau said, quoting the product's user guide.

該局稱，該產品說明書宣稱，可在懷孕後5-10周通過尿液鑑定胎兒性別。

The test paper turns green for boys and orange for girls, it said.

試紙顯示綠色爲男孩，顯示橙色爲女孩。

The bureau said it will destroy the testing kits and demand the online shopping platform to stop such transactions.

北京出入境檢驗檢疫局表示，將銷燬這幾盒試劑，並責成相關網購平臺停止此類交易。

Prenatal gender testing for non-medical reasons is banned in China, out of fears that predicting the sex of the fetus may lead to abortions and worsen the gender imbalance among newborns.

我國禁止非醫學原因的產前性別鑑定，這是因爲擔心預測胎兒性別可能會導致流產，並惡化新生兒性別不平衡這一情況。

Individuals and organizations that perform medically unnecessary prenatal sex prediction or sex-selective abortions will be fined up to 30,000 yuan and their income from the illegal screenings and abortions will be confiscated, according to a regulation that took effect in May.

根據於5月生效的一項規定，個人、單位實施非醫學需要的產前性別鑑定或性別選擇性質的人工流產，最高將處以3萬元罰款，並沒收相關違法所得。

The sex ratio at birth stood at 113.51 in 2015, much higher than the normal ratio of between 103 and 107, though it has decreased from 121.18 in 2004.

2015年我國男女出生人口性別比爲113.51。儘管這一數字要比2004年時的121.18有了下降，但是仍然要比103-107的正常比例要高。