Though Sunday marks the first Chinese Doctors Day, medical professionals in east China’s Changzhou City spent the day working as usual. /VCG Photo  

Medical professionals in First People’s Hospital of Changzhou were attentively conducting surgery on a patient in the operating room. /VCG Photo

Chinese Doctors Day was approved last year to mark the significance of medical workers in safeguarding people’s health. /VCG Photo

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on medical workers to carry forward the humanitarian spirit to save lives, and further contribute to promoting people's health. /VCG Photo

The introduction of the day is also viewed as an effort to harmonize relations between medical workers and patients in China. /VCG Photo