China's participation in international standard setting of traditional Chinese medicine encourages Chinese medicine enterprises to go global

China's National Working Conference on traditional Chinese medicine was held in Beijing on the 10th It was proposed that this year, China will strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the EU, ASEAN, SCO and other international organizations, use multilateral platforms to participate in the formulation of international standards for traditional Chinese medicine, actively develop trade in traditional Chinese medicine services, and promote traditional Chinese medicine to the world In recent years, the cause of Chinese medicine has made great progress, and the pace of Chinese medicine to the world is also further accelerated At present, traditional Chinese medicine has spread to more than 160 countries and regions in the world Many countries have made clear the legal status of traditional Chinese medicine, including traditional Chinese medicine into the scope of medical insurance Some countries have set up special management agencies of traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine clinics and acupuncture centers have become the main mode and place for many countries to provide traditional medical services But at the same time, Chinese medicine is also facing many difficulties and problems in the process of internationalization Ms Wang Xiaopin, director of the International Cooperation Department of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, said in an exclusive interview with reporters on scidev.net that many countries have set up policy and technical barriers to the entry of traditional Chinese medicine into the international market, the supporting capacity of traditional Chinese medicine in science and technology, the construction of talent team and the weak international competitiveness of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises, etc., which have restricted the comprehensive access of traditional Chinese medicine to the world: "we serve the same It's the health of people, and it's also the medical market Do some countries think you've come to occupy my market? So there are some precautions for us, as well as many policy and technical barriers In addition, the strength of our own internationalization needs to be improved We are short of talents to go to the world In addition, our own strength is not enough in the aspect of scientific and technological innovation in the course of business development and when our industry is facing the international market " Wang said that in the face of these difficulties and challenges, China will strengthen cooperation with relevant international organizations and foreign governments, continuously promote the development of TCM service trade, and encourage some TCM enterprises to go abroad At the same time, we should make use of multilateral cooperation platforms to push forward the development of international standards of traditional Chinese medicine and make breakthroughs "We will increase cooperation with the government, use multilateral platforms, establish some high-level dialogue mechanisms between governments, and formulate laws and regulations, including standards, that are in line with the development law of traditional Chinese medicine," she said In addition, we need to work with some important international organizations, such as the international organization for standardization and the World Health Organization, to formulate important technical standards, so as to ensure that traditional Chinese medicine is of a higher quality and a higher level, and can achieve sustainable development and go to the world " Today's National Working Conference on traditional Chinese medicine further proposed that this year, China will deepen multilateral cooperation, closely contact with the World Health Organization, promote the signing of strategic cooperation agreements, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with EU, ASEAN, SCO and other organizations, and promote international standards of traditional Chinese medicine According to reports, in addition to actively participating in the formulation of international standards, China is also fully promoting the development of domestic standardization of traditional Chinese medicine For example, last year, the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine organized the Chinese society of traditional Chinese medicine to formulate and issue 195 standards for traditional Chinese medicine This year, we will continue to improve the quality of standard formulation and revision, strengthen the promotion and application of standards, and better ensure the quality of traditional Chinese medicine At present, with the general popularity of traditional Chinese medicine in China, more and more social forces begin to enter the field of health care of traditional Chinese medicine In response, Mr Ma Ying, deputy director of the Department of policies, regulations and supervision of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, said in an exclusive interview with reporters that in order to further regulate these health care behaviors of traditional Chinese medicine, the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine is carrying out a pilot, and will timely introduce corresponding system norms: "because a lot of health care is a social behavior, as long as he uses the theory and technology of traditional Chinese medicine, we will We need to start monitoring At present, relevant policies and regulations have not been issued, but they are being piloted Our bureau has some corresponding regulations that are provisional and are being piloted If the trial is in line with the actual situation and needs to be further promoted, it is possible to issue system specifications on health care in the future, so as to supervise the health care market in terms of system construction, personnel access, technology application, etc "