CMG hosts signing ceremony with partners as 8K UHD Channel project launches in Shanghai

Executives from major Chinese media groups signed agreements to develop a new 8K ultra-high-definition (UHD) Channel for China Media Group (CMG) during a launch ceremony at the Shanghai International Media Port on Saturday.

The executives from International Media Port (Shanghai) Culture Development Co., Ltd., China Central Digital Television Media Co., Ltd., and Alibaba Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch signed a framework agreement that will promote the leapfrog development of the 8K UHD television industry in China.

Elsewhere in Shanghai on Saturday, CMG also launched an interactive roadshow called "IP Enters Campus", which promises to deepen the connection between CMG and young people through diverse and colorful means.

The chief director of CMG Spring Festival Gala, the lead anchor of the main evening news bulletin on CCTV and the host of the "Leaders Talk" program spearheaded the launch of the roadshow that will visit universities including Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), and Tongji University.

China saw a surge in registered nurses last year, reaching four nurses per 1,000 people, according to data released by the National Health Commission on Saturday.

The total number of registered nurses in China reached 5.63 million by the end of 2023, a rise of about 430,000 from 2022.

Increasingly, the country's nurses are more educated, with more than 80 percent of nurses holding a college degree or higher at the end of 2023, up from 70 percent at the end of 2020, officials said at a press conference the day before International Nurses Day.

Officials also stressed that regions across the country have introduced more training for nurses in shortage specialties such as geriatrics, pediatrics, intensive care and infectious diseases, and that continued policies and regulations to support nursing services can be expected.