A tutor shows students how to care for a baby during training classes for neonatal nurses in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING - China will have over 4.45 million registered nurses by 2020, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) Thursday. As of the end of 2017, China had more than 3.8 million registered nurses, up 126.5 percent from 2008, said Jiao Yahui, an official with the commission, at a press conference. With quality nursing services covering all three levels of hospitals now, the focus of services is switching from assistant treatment to meeting the physical and mental health requirements of the patients, she said. Next, the NHC will put more effort into tasks including expanding the content of nursing majors, and strengthening the ranks of nurses in charge of elderly care services, to serve the people's health throughout their whole lives, Jiao said. This year's International Nurses Day falls Saturday. support braceletsrubber wristbandssilicone rubber bandshow to make rubber braceletswristbands online24hourwristbands
Zhong Shan, minister of commerce takes questions at a press conference on the sidelines of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing March 11, 2018. [Photo by Xu Jingxing/chinadaily.com.cn] The country will continue to see high-quality development as the government's work agenda emphasis and aim to become a strong trading power by 2050, said Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan on Sunday. The country has become the world's leading trading power due to the outstanding performance of the domestic consumption, foreign trade, foreign capital and direct investment, said Zhong during the first session of the 13th National People's Congress. We are big but not strong enough. To become a strong trading country, we need to drive the economic growth by innovation and high-quality development. We aim to stabilize our position as a big trading power by 2020, and transform into a strong trading country by 2035 and finally become an economic giant by 2050,Zhong added. Zhong said in the next five years, the ministry will focus on consumption sector, increase foreign trade competitiveness and bilateral investment, optimize the opening-up strategy in the regional level, improve international trading relationship and enhance service to the people.
