A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at a hospital in Lijiang, southwest China s Yunnan Province, May 12, 2022. The number of registered nurses in China has grown with an average annual rate of 8 percent over the past 10 years, reaching 5.02 million at the end of 2021, the National Health Commission said Wednesday, ahead of International Nurses Day, which falls on May 12.
Farmers work in a wheat field in Zunhua, north China s Hebei Province, May 10, 2022. Hebei has stepped up efforts on farming activities recently. The province s spring sowing area of grain is expected to reach about 1.74 million hectares this year.