Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Law on Maternal and Infant Protection.
Article 8 Pre-marital medical examination includes the examination of the following diseases:
(1) Serious hereditary diseases;
(2) Designated infectious diseases;
(3) mental illness. After the premarital medical examination, the medical and health institution shall issue a certificate of premarital medical examination.
Article 14 Medical and health institutions shall provide pregnant and puerperal health care services for women of childbearing age and pregnant women. Maternal health care services include the following:
(a) Guidance on maternal and child health care: providing medical advice on the causes, treatment and prevention of pregnant healthy offspring and endemic diseases such as severe hereditary diseases and iodine deficiency;
(2) Maternal health care: providing consultation and guidance on health, nutrition, psychology and other medical care services for pregnant women, as well as regular prenatal examinations;
(3) Fetal health care: monitoring the growth and development of the fetus and providing consultation and medical guidance;
(4) Newborn health care: providing medical and health care services for the growth and development, breastfeeding and nursing of newborns.
Fifteenth medical and health institutions shall give medical guidance to those who suffer from serious diseases or contact with teratogenic substances, and pregnancy may endanger the life safety of pregnant women or may seriously affect the health of pregnant women and the normal development of the fetus.
Article 16 Doctors who discover or suspect that couples of childbearing age suffer from serious genetic diseases shall give medical advice. Couples of childbearing age should take corresponding measures according to the doctor's advice.
Article 17 If a doctor discovers or suspects that the fetus is abnormal after prenatal examination, he shall make a prenatal diagnosis for the pregnant woman.