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. wristbands with tabsprinted wristbands24hourwristbandsprintable wristbandsdebossed wristbandblack rubber braceletsrubber wristbands
GENEVA - China on Friday said countries should carry out constructive dialogue and cooperation in the field of human rights. Speaking at the 36th session of the UN human rights council, China said the international community should work "hand-in-hand" but avoid naming and shaming, exerting public pressure, politicization, and double standards when it comes to human rights issues. Ma Zhaoxu, head of the Chinese Mission to UN at Geneva, said that when promoting human rights, all countries should firstly uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. That means countries should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries, and the path of development and social system independently chosen by their people, he said. "Second, we should carry out dialogue and exchange. Countries should respect each other and treat each other on equal footing, expand common ground and narrow differences, so as to jointly promote and protect human rights," he said. He added that countries should also pursue win-win cooperation, be committed to multi-lateralism and partnership, and conduct practical and effective cooperation to promote human rights capacity-building. According to the Chinese diplomat, it is of great importance for countries to promote human rights through poverty reduction. Ma also stressed that "we should promote human rights through development," saying that countries should be committed to people-centered development, and spare no effort in fully implementing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. "We encourage the international community to work together to engage in dialogue and cooperation on human rights, and keep the international human rights governance moving in the right direction," he concluded.
