(ANSA-AP) - BEIJING - Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has
been further incorporated into medical systems of Belt and Road
countries due to China's increased medical exchanges and
cooperation in the region, according to a forum on TCM
development. China has set up a group of overseas TCM centers in
relevant B&R countries and regions and is building a batch of
bases for international cooperation on TCM, according to
participants at the forum, which was held in Beijing Wednesday.
Chinese TCM experts have also taken research tours to other
countries, including Russia and Poland. Experts from China and
the ASEAN have co-published a book listing 350 kinds of
traditional medicines in the above countries. Lui Tuck Yew,
Singaporean ambassador to China, said Singapore attaches great
importance to TCM development, and that acupuncture has been
introduced in public hospitals for rehabilitative therapies. Li
Malin, vice governor of Yunnan province in southwest China, said
nearly 800 foreign students come to Yunnan to study TCM on an
annual basis, and that over one-third of the 350,000 foreign
patients received by local hospitals are treated with TCM each
year. However, experts said the development of TCM in B&R
countries still needs to address issues ranging from
standardization, trade barriers, legal barriers, and the
differences in cultural backgrounds and market demands between
different countries. The forum, the third of its kind, was
co-organized by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship
with Foreign Countries and the Beijing municipal people's
government. It aimed to promote international cooperation on
TCM. (ANSA-AP).
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