China will have 5.5 million nurses by 2025 according to a new plan released by the National Health Commission. There will be an average of 3.8 registered nurses for every 1,000 people by 2025.

国家卫健委近日印发《全国护理事业发展规划（2021-2025年）》。规划要求，到2025年，全国护士总数达到550万人，每千人口注册护士数达到3.8人。

At the end of 2020, the number of registered nurses in China was over 4.7 million, up 45 percent from 2015.
规划指出，2020年底，全国注册护士总数470余万人，较2015年增幅达45%。

Over 70 percent of the country's nurses have a junior college degree or above.
具有大专以上学历的护士超70%，护士队伍学历素质进一步提高。

The plan stated the improvement of nursing is of great significance to improving people's health and actively responding to the aging of the population.
促进护理事业高质量发展对全面推进健康中国建设、积极应对人口老龄化具有重要意义。