Chinese government is calling women, asking when their last period was, and urging them to get pregnant

China has a plunging birth rate that keeps declining in the face of attempts to encourage citizens to have more babies - (Vasileios Economou/iStock)

Women in China say they are receiving phone calls from government workers to ask if they are currently expecting a child and to urge them to get pregnant.

Jane Huang, a mother-of-one, said a government official who called her went so far as to probe her about when her most recent period was.