Canto-pop star Aaron Kwok becomes a father at 51

Canto-pop star and actor Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is celebrating fatherhood at the age of 51.

The singer-actor broadcast the good news by posting a picture of his first child’s hand grasping its parents’ fingers on his official social media account on Friday morning.

He did not show the baby’s face, reveal the date of birth, or specify whether it was a boy or girl.

“Happy ... grateful! Us three!” Kwok wrote on his Sina Weibo account, China’s version of Twitter.

“Grow, family, protect,” the caption continued, accompanied by smiley face emoticons.

Another image in the Weibo post showed a pair of pink footprints with the title: “Welcome, little one”.