Six Chinese nurses were awarded the Florence Nightingale medal on Tuesday for their prominent contributions to health care.Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also the honorary presidentof the Red Cross Society of China, conferred medals on the nurses at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and senior leaders including Li Changchun, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang
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Hu Jintao (C), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), poses with Chinese laureates of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. President Hu Jintao and other Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders, including Wen Jiabao, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang attended the ceremony. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
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BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Six Chinese nurses were awarded the Florence Nightingale medal on Tuesday for their prominent contributions to health care.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also the honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China, conferred medals on the nurses at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and senior leaders including Li Changchun, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang also attended the awarding ceremony.
A total of 28 nurses from 15 countries worldwide won the award this year.
The Florence Nightingale medal is presented every two years. A total of 54 Chinese nurses have won the award since the country began to recommend candidates for the award in 1983.
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Hu Jintao (R front), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), shakes hands with Wang Wenzhen, a Chinese laureate of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award, who is a head nurse of the general hospital of the People's Liberation Army navy, during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Tuesday conferred the Florence Nightingale medal on laureated Chinese nurses for their outstanding contributions to healthcare. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
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Hu Jintao (R, front), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), shakes hands with Xian Jishu, a Chinese laureate of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award, who is a head nurse of the first affiliated hospital of the Third Military Medical University, during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
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Hu Jintao (R, front), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), shakes hands with Yang Qiu, a Chinese laureate of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award, who is a nurse of the Xiang'e township hospital in Dujiangyan of southwest China's Sichuan Province, during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
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Hu Jintao (R front), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), shakes hands with Pan Meier, a Chinese laureate of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award, who is a head nurse of a skin disease hospital in east China's Zhejiang Province, during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
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Hu Jintao (R, front), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), shakes hands with Zhang Guiying, a Chinese laureate of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award, who is a nurse of a hospital of psychopathy in northeast China's Jilin Province, during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
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Hu Jintao (R, front), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), awards a medal to Liu Shuyuan, a Chinese laureate of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award, who is a head nurse of Beijing Anzhen Hospital, during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
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