China currently lacks quality nursing services and the healthy development of nursing sector is essential for the improvement of the Chinese healthcare system, experts said recently at a forum held in Beijing.

The forum, which focused on the improvement of nursing services in China, was held on July 21. Organized by the China Health Culture Association, an association affiliated to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, and Health News, a popular health publication in China, the forum was sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.

According to the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), China aims to have 4.45 million nurses by 2020, that is 3.14 nurses for every 1,000 people.