Chan Yuen-han, a CPPCC member from Hong Kong, also called on the Hong Kong government to issue measures to prevent mainland mothers from giving birth in the special administrative region.

"Hong Kong has limited resources, not only in providing beds for pregnant women but in education and healthcare. If there are more women from the mainland giving birth in Hong Kong, we will face a big shortage of social resources in the near future," Chan said.

Sources with the Hong Kong Hospital Authority said the government intended to limit the number of pregnant women from the mainland giving birth in Hong Kong to 35,000 at both private and public hospitals each year.

"The limitation should not been seen as a bias against mainland mothers. The existing Hong Kong government, to some extent, has failed to protect its residents' rights in previous years when many local pregnant women found it hard to give birth in Hong Kong," Chan said.

Last year, of a total of 49,000 women delivering babies at private hospitals, 33,000 were from the mainland, according to Wu.

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