Current Policies and Measures on the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China

Wan-Ying Wang; Hua Zhou; Ya-Feng Wang; Bin-Sheng Sang; Liang Liu

doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105187

Current Policies and Measures on the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China

Pharmacol Res. 2021 Jan:163:105187. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105187. Epub 2020 Sep 9.

Authors

Wan-Ying Wang¹, Hua Zhou², Ya-Feng Wang³, Bin-Sheng Sang⁴, Liang Liu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Chinese Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao, PR China.
² Faculty of Chinese Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao, PR China; Joint Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao, PR China.
³ Clinical Evidence-Based Research Guidance Center, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, PR China.
⁴ World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, PR China (the Former Director of the Department of Policy, Regulations and Supervision, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China). Electronic address: sangbinsheng@satcm.gov.cn.
⁵ Faculty of Chinese Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao, PR China; Joint Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao, PR China. Electronic address: lliu@must.edu.mo.

Abstract

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a medical science and cultural heritage empirically applied and reserved by Chinese people for thousands of years. With comprehensive prosperity of China and rapid elaboration of technology, healthcare status of Chinese people has become one of the most crucial concerns of the country. Nearly 30 policies and measures regarding TCM development have been issued since the 18^th National Congress of the Communist Party of People's Republic of China in 2012. This review introduced a detailed evolutionary course of TCM in China with an emphasis on understanding the roadmap of TCM related policies and measures in China.

Keywords: China; Policies and Measures; Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Publication types

Historical Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

China
Health Policy*
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Medicine, Chinese Traditional* / history