China has over 4 mln registered nurses

Nurse Yu Xiaoyan (R) sterilizes the hemodialysis machine at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, May 9, 2019. The number of registered nurses in China exceeded 4 million at the end of 2018, rising to 3 nurses per 1,000 people, according to statistics released ahead of International Nurses Day, which falls on May 12. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)