Doctors Zhai Dalong (L) and Wang Cuihong (R) measure blood pressure for a patient in Xudi Village of Daming County in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 16, 2018. Zhai and Wang are husband and wife. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Worker's Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
Doctor He Shiying (1st R) asks a sick boy about his health in Meipo Village of Dahejia Township in the Baoan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 15, 2018. He Shiying has been working here as a village-based doctor since 1966, when she was 20. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Workers' Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Doctor Wang Guilin dispenses herbs according to a traditional Chinese medicine prescription in Yueming Village of Mawu County in Pingliang, northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 15, 2018. Wang has been working here as a village-based doctor since 1968. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Workers' Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
Doctor Sun Qingyong (R) gives a patient intravenous injection at a clinic in Shaluo Village of Guanghuojie Township in Ningshan County, Ankang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 15, 2018. Sun became paraplegic in a traffic accident 22 years ago. He soon started offering medical treatment to his fellow villagers on a wheelchair. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Workers' Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Doctor Li Yan makes his way to call on patients in Shanxia Village of Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 17, 2018. When he was a child, Li lost his left arm from a snake bite. This prompted his later decision to become a village-based doctor. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Workers' Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Doctor Li Shaoyou rows a boat on his way to a patient's home in Mudundao Village of Bancheng Township, Sihong County, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 27, 2018. Li has been offering medical services to fishermen around the Hongze Lake for more than three decades. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Workers' Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
Doctor Li Shaoyou treats a young patient at his boat clinic in Mudundao Village of Bancheng Township, Sihong County, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 27, 2018. Li has been offering medical services to fishermen around the Hongze Lake for more than three decades. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Workers' Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
Doctor Yelixat and his horse pass through snow-covered slope during a medical service trip around a pastoral area in Tekes County of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 15, 2017. A large number of medical practitioners are active in China's rural areas where health care is still underdeveloped. Under adverse working conditions, they have carried forward the humanitarian spirit and devoted themselves to the health of rural citizens. China will mark its first Medical Workers' Day on Aug. 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
