China News Service, February 29. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, on February 29, the National Bureau of Statistics released the 2023 National Economic and Social Development Statistical Bulletin.

　　By the end of the year, there were 1,893 art performance groups affiliated with culture and tourism departments across the country.

There are 3,309 public libraries in the country, with a total circulation of 1,126.68 million people; there are 3,508 cultural centers.

There are 202 million actual users of cable TV, including 193 million actual users of digital cable TV.

At the end of the year, the comprehensive population coverage rate of radio programs was 99.7%, and the comprehensive population coverage rate of television programs was 99.8%.

Throughout the year, 156 TV series with 4,632 episodes and 93,811 minutes of TV cartoons were produced.

It produced 792 feature films and 179 science, education, documentary, animation and special films.

There were 25.8 billion newspapers published, 1.8 billion periodicals, 11.9 billion books, and the per capita book ownership was 8.40 books.

By the end of the year, there were 4,154 archives across the country, and 238.27 million volumes (pieces) of various archives had been opened.

The annual operating income of cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size nationwide was 12,951.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2% over the previous year on a comparable basis.

　　There were 4.89 billion domestic trips throughout the year, an increase of 93.3% over the previous year.

Among them, urban residents made 3.76 billion domestic trips, an increase of 94.9%; rural residents made 1.13 billion domestic trips, an increase of 88.5%.

Domestic tourists spent a total of 4,913.3 billion yuan on travel, an increase of 140.3%.

Among them, urban residents spent 4,178.1 billion yuan on travel, an increase of 147.5%; rural residents spent 735.3 billion yuan on travel, an increase of 106.4%.

There were 82.03 million inbound tourists, including 13.78 million foreigners and 68.24 million compatriots from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Inbound tourists spent a total of US$53 billion.

Domestic residents made 100.96 million outbound trips, including 96.84 million outbound trips for personal reasons and 77.04 million trips to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics website 

　　By the end of the year, there were 1.071 million medical and health institutions in the country, including 39,000 hospitals, 12,000 public hospitals and 27,000 private hospitals; 1.016 million primary medical and health institutions, including 34,000 township health centers and community health centers. There are 37,000 service centers (stations), 362,000 outpatient departments (institutions), and 583,000 village clinics; 12,000 professional public health institutions, including 3,426 centers for disease prevention and control and 2,791 health supervision offices (centres).

There are 12.47 million health technicians, including 4.78 million practicing physicians and practicing assistant physicians, and 5.63 million registered nurses.

There are 10.2 million beds in medical and health institutions, including 8 million in hospitals and 1.51 million in township health centers.

A total of 9.56 billion patients were diagnosed and treated throughout the year, and 300 million were discharged.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics website 

　　At the end of the year, there were 4.593 million sports venues across the country, with a sports venue area of ​​4.07 billion square meters and a per capita sports venue area of ​​2.89 square meters.

Throughout the year, Chinese athletes won 165 world championships in 32 events and set a total of 20 world records.

At the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Chinese athletes won a total of 201 gold medals and a total of 383 medals, ranking first in the Asian Games gold medal list for the 11th time.

Chinese disabled athletes have won 231 world championships in 45 international events.

At the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, Chinese athletes won a total of 214 gold medals and a total of 521 medals, ranking first in the gold medal list and medal list of the Asian Para Games for the fourth consecutive time.