China will have over 4.45 million registered nurses by 2020, according to statistics ahead of the International Nurses Day, which falls on May 12 every year.
Nurse Xia Zhaoxia feeds a child at the intensive care unit (ICU) in Shuhuangding hospital in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, May 10, 2018. (Xinhua/Chu Yang)
Nurse Dang Shuo nurses a newborn baby at Dexing People's Hospital in Dexing, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhuo Zhongwei)
Nurse Fan Jijun and his colleagues take a sample of blood for a patient at Yuqing People's Hospital in Yuqing County, southwest China's Guizhou Province , May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/He Chunyu)
Nurse Wang Xinsen works as an assistant to the doctor for caesarean section in a hospital in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Jianfang)
Nurses pat the back of a patient at Yuncheng Central Hospital in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Xue Jun)
Nurse Chen Jinshen wears a respirator mask for a patient at Lu'an People's Hospital in Lu'an, east China's Anhui Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Chen Li)
Nurse Cui Mingwei shoulders a patient into the operation room at a hospital in Tianjin, north China, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Lei)
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China will have over 4.45 million registered nurses by 2020, according to statistics ahead of the International Nurses Day, which falls on May 12 every year.
Nurse Dang Shuo nurses a newborn baby at Dexing People's Hospital in Dexing, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhuo Zhongwei)
Nurse Fan Jijun and his colleagues take a sample of blood for a patient at Yuqing People's Hospital in Yuqing County, southwest China's Guizhou Province , May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/He Chunyu)
Nurse Wang Xinsen works as an assistant to the doctor for caesarean section in a hospital in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Jianfang)
Nurses pat the back of a patient at Yuncheng Central Hospital in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Xue Jun)
Nurse Chen Jinshen wears a respirator mask for a patient at Lu'an People's Hospital in Lu'an, east China's Anhui Province, May 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Chen Li)