China will carry out the fourth national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources

In order to find out the family background of traditional Chinese medicine resources, China will carry out the fourth national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources, and some provinces will start the pilot survey work within this month According to the introduction, at present, the preparations for the national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources are progressing smoothly Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xinjiang and other six provinces (regions) are about to launch pilot projects to accumulate experience and explore paths for the nationwide survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources It is reported that the national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources has been carried out three times before The third national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources started in 1983 and ended in 1987 Through the general survey, it is confirmed that there are more than 12000 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine resources in China, the total reserves of wild medicinal materials are 8.5 million tons, and the annual output of domestic medicinal materials is more than 300000 tons Due to the time interval of more than 20 years, Chinese traditional medicine resources are likely to have changed To carry out the fourth national survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources is helpful to comprehensively grasp the situation of traditional Chinese medicine resources in China, to put forward the overall plan for the management, protection and development of traditional Chinese medicine resources, to establish a dynamic monitoring mechanism for traditional Chinese medicine resources, to promote the sustainable development of traditional Chinese medicine resources, and to meet people's health needs.