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

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

Wan-Ying Wang  1 , Hua Zhou  2 , Ya-Feng Wang  3 , Bin-Sheng Sang  4 , Liang Liu  5
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Review

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

Wan-Ying Wang et al. Pharmacol Res. 2021 Jan.

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 18th 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.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Developmental status of TCM in China. The development of TCM was statistically concluded in five sections including fiscal appropriation, education, resources, service and R&D. In each section, representative diagrams were chosen with detailed number or percentage demonstrating the changes during 2012 to 2017.[20] As for the statistics in 2017 in China: total fiscal appropriation in TCM agencies was 46 billion RMB; the number of current students in TCM universities was 693,267; the number of TCM agencies was 54,243; 217,118 TCM practitioners were responsible for 951,850 bed with 764 million workload; 229 patents from TCM R&D agencies were authorized from local, ministerial and provincial levels. [20]
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Categories and relationship between different policies and measures and their guiding areas. The legal hierarchy are illustrated in the triangle from top to bottom. The other categories of the policies and measures are listed in the oval box. The numbers below each icon show the number of policies and measures in this category. The box in the middle contains six major areas involving TCM related policies and measures.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Number of TCM related policies and measures displayed in timeline according to their publishing date. The timeline started from 12th Five-Year Plan for the National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China in 2011 till now. Cornerstone events of China or the CPC party are titled in the timeline. The number of TCM related policies and measures in each 2-year-period is also displayed above the timeline.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Authorities involving in issuing TCM related policies and measure. The organs of state power are displayed in the blue icon from the highest Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China to the ministries. The political bodies of the Central Committee of CPC are listed in red icons. The number of related policies and measures of each authority is marked next to each icon. State Council of the People’s Republic of China and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People’s Republic of China have the largest number of TCM related policies and measures.
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