--FILE--Chinese migrant workers labor at a construction site near the Bund against the skyline of Pudongs Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, 19 March 2010. Shanghais migrant population is on the increase, while the number of babies being born is expected to remain stable, officials from the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission said Wednesday (8 December 2010). About 5.42 million migrant people, around 28 percent of the local population, stayed in the city for over six months in 2009. The figure by the end of last year was 0.8 percentage points higher than 2008, officials told a news briefing. In 2009, Shanghai had 19.21 million residents, 328, 600 more than in 2008. Shanghai is facing a growing population with a rising number of migrants and elderly people, said Xie Lingli, the commissions director. The number of babies born this year to city residents is estimated to be around 168, 000 while the figure expected for 2011 is put at 170, 000.
