Dr. Song chun-ran, vice President of the royal college of science in Cambodia: the Cambodian people trust traditional Chinese medicine

2017-12-05 china-asean expo

To come to nanning, China in 2017 10th think-tank strategic dialogue between China and asean nations of BBS, Dr Song Chunben is Cambodia, vice President of the Royal Academy of sciences, as well as Asian studies center of Cambodia, Cambodia, director of the central Asia too, chairman of the association. During BBS, our correspondent had a dialogue with Dr. Song chun-ben on the topic of sino-cambodian medical exchanges and cultural exchange.

During the communication, Dr. Song was almost always in English. He is eloquent, lively and content. Under his impetus, the communication process atmosphere is active, gave our reporter a very deep impression. It is understood that, just a few years ago, Dr Song was "barely able to speak" English.

"Learning new things keeps my mind active so I don't forget." Dr Song chun-ran quipped. At 60, he has written Chinese into his study schedule.

Medicine has benefited the people of Cambodia for the bridge

Traditional Chinese medicine, which has thousands of years of experience in China, has a profound impact on the lives of cambodians.

Dr Song chun-ran was very interested in Chinese medicine culture. In recent years, he has not only visited China's medical institutions and medicinal gardens, but also came to China several years ago when his mother was ill.

In an interview with this newspaper, he said that his reliance on traditional Chinese medicine was partly an unforgettable experience of the treatment of Chinese medicine in his youth. One day 50 years ago, he was bitten by a snake before he was 20. Before long, his calf swelled up and the intense pain made it difficult for him to act.

At the time, doctors at the hospital said this level of trauma was not treatable and could require amputation. However, his grandmother gave him a Chinese pill that was brought back from China, and after two or three pills, his symptoms gradually eased until he recovered completely. Song chun-ran has made a very deep impression on Chinese medicine.

"Traditional Chinese medicine has been used in Cambodia for a long time, and many cambodians are very reliant on traditional Chinese medicine," song said. A number of Chinese traditional Chinese medicine companies have invested in Cambodia. In addition, the royal Cambodian academy of sciences, which is home to soong, also works with the China international cultural exchange center to host the "cultural activities of Chinese culture southeast Asia". The campaign was very high and the chairman of the Cambodian parliament, prince han sangin, met with Chinese representatives during the event.

According to Song Chunben, has been all about traditional Chinese medicine to enter Cambodia Cambodia Royal Academy of sciences is a positive attitude, is planning in Cambodia domestic coordination about 100 ~ 500 hectares of land, used for planting Chinese herbal medicine. In the future, these cambodia-grown Chinese herbs will be exported to China or to the processing enterprises in Cambodia, making clinical drugs to market for the benefit of the two peoples.

Chinese people have more opportunities

During the conversation, our correspondent learned that song chun-ran was not only the vice President of the Royal Academy of sciences in Cambodia, but also responsible for the affairs of the Confucius institute at the royal college of Cambodia.

People-to-people exchanges are an important social foundation for China and asean countries to jointly build a "One Belt And One Road". According to some experts and scholars of academic point of view, although exchanges between China and asean countries is increasingly close, to some extent, but there is still a heavy economic, light humanities, high-level, the phenomenon such as folk, is not conducive to consolidate the social foundation of China's cooperation with asean.

However, song and his colleagues are making a positive effort to improve the current situation of sino-cambodian cultural exchanges.

, according to Dr Song Chunben so far, the wang school of Confucius institute has hundreds of volunteer Chinese teachers, the number of the students reached 7 ~ 80000, the Confucius institute in Cambodia congress, the parliament, the army, university, and other important departments have set up branches, scale expands unceasingly, at the same time, also had great influence.

On November 4, 2017, Cambodia, the wangs college Confucius institute held a hole 2017 yuan Chinese volunteer teachers teaching competition, from Cambodia siem reap angkor, Confucius institute headquarters, Confucius classroom, west port high school high school Chinese language center, the army college Chinese institutions such as 10 teachers participated in the competition, Cambodia royal college of Confucius institute headquarters and affiliated Confucius classrooms and to teach 80 Chinese teachers took part in the activity.

"In Cambodia, learning Chinese is considered a promising direction. People who can't speak Chinese can earn only $200 to $300 even if they work hard, but learning Chinese can become a white-collar in many businesses and can earn up to $400 ~ $500. And our Confucius institute Chinese teacher volunteers have reached even thousands of dollars. "Dr. Song said.