China Unveils Policies for Promoting Traditional Chinese Medicine

The General Office of the State Council recently issued several policy measures for accelerating the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) (Guo Ban Fa No. 3 [2021]) and promoting the complementarity and co-ordinated development of TCM and western medicine. The policies include creating a strong pool of TCM talents, enhancing the vitality of the TCM industry, boosting the TCM development momentum, improving the system of integrative Chinese and western medicine, and implementing major TCM development projects. A plan will be formulated for the development of TCM along the Belt and Road routes during the14th Five-Year Plan period.

Source: State Council