my country imports more than 600 million US dollars of natural botanicals every year

At present, the annual sales volume of the world botanical medicine market is about 16 billion US dollars, and the annual growth rate is 10% - 20% As a big country of traditional Chinese medicine, China's annual export of traditional Chinese medicine is only about US $100 million, while the import of natural plant medicine has exceeded US $600 million, and the import volume has far exceeded the export volume This is the figure disclosed by Zou Zhong, vice president of China Pharmaceutical Quality Management Association, at the International Summit Forum on traditional Chinese herbal preparations He said that the reason why the increasing import of Chinese patent medicine in China is still growing is that western countries have started to take the research and development of natural drugs dominated by traditional Chinese medicine as a strategic industry and promote the internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine In recent years, major transnational Biopharmaceutical Enterprises have expanded their investment in China, which has put great pressure on Chinese pharmaceutical enterprises Zhang Heyong, consultant of the State Food and Drug Administration and President of China Pharmaceutical Quality Management Association, believes that with the acceleration of economic globalization, the international community has become more and more receptive to traditional medicine At present, more than 70 countries in the world have formulated herbal laws and regulations, and more than 120 countries and regions have established various types of traditional medicine institutions, which has driven the growth of Chinese herbal medicine demand 。 At present, in addition to the strong demand in Southeast Asia, the traditional medicine market in North America, Western Europe, Africa and the Arab region is also gradually expanding According to data provided by Zhang Heyong, the annual sales of Chinese herbal medicines in the international market account for about 20% of the sales of drugs, most of which are products from Europe and Japan, while the production of Chinese herbal medicines accounts for less than 10% of the global market share According to Zhang Heyong, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is accepted by all countries in the world It must have the terms, detection methods and quality control standards that are in line with the international common use.