The fifth international contribution award of traditional Chinese medicine announced

On June 29, the fifth international contribution award of traditional Chinese medicine was announced in Beijing Ding Xiangyang, Deputy Secretary General of the State Council, Alan benshusen, Professor of the University of Western Sydney, Australia, won the individual award, and the International Cooperation Department of the National Standardization Administration of China won the group award Wang Guoqiang, deputy director of the national health and Family Planning Commission and director of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, pointed out at the award ceremony that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to the development of traditional Chinese medicine and actively promoted the international spread of traditional Chinese medicine In 2012, the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, together with 14 ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Commerce, issued several opinions on promoting the development of service trade of traditional Chinese medicine, further broadening the field of international development of traditional Chinese medicine At present, 170 countries and regions in the world are using traditional Chinese medicine, which has made great contributions to promoting the prosperity and progress of world medical science and the development of human health The winners of this international contribution award of traditional Chinese medicine have made outstanding contributions in different fields, which have a wide range of influence at home and abroad, providing a model for promoting traditional Chinese medicine to the world It is hoped that in the process of TCM going to the world, more outstanding representatives will emerge and make new contributions to the promotion of TCM international communication and the maintenance of human health It is reported that the international contribution award of traditional Chinese medicine is the only international award in the field of traditional Chinese medicine in the world, supported by the Ministry of science and technology and the national science and Technology Award Office, and established by the World Federation of traditional Chinese Medicine Societies Since the selection of the fifth international contribution award of traditional Chinese medicine was started in January 2012, it has gone through the procedures of recommendation, preliminary review, final review and publicity.