After 40 years of reform of Chinese medicine

Editor's note: 40 years ago, an old man drew a circle on the south coast of China; Forty years later, the party led the people to paint a magnificent and magnificent historical picture. In this picture scroll, the revitalization and development of Chinese medicine is undoubtedly a heavy one. Let us go through 40 years to see what changes TCM has experienced in its destiny and what changes it has made. Let TCM people move forward with confidence in the wave of reform.
September 1978
Party Central Committee[1978] No. 56 document forwarded to the Party Group of the Ministry of Health "Report on Seriously Implementing the Party's Traditional Chinese Medicine Policy and Solving the Problems of the Incontinuity of the Chinese medicine team." Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out in his instructions: "This issue should be taken seriously, especially to create good material conditions for the development and improvement of Chinese medicine. "
April 1982
The Ministry of Health held the National Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals and Higher Traditional Chinese Medicine Education in Hengyang, and put forward the guiding principle of "highlighting the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, giving full play to its advantages, and developing the cause of traditional Chinese medicine." It made it clear that the three forces of traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, and traditional Chinese and Western medicine should all be vigorously developed and coexist for a long time. History known as "Hengyang Conference."
December 1986
The National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine was formally established. In May 1988, the executive meeting of the State Council decided to establish the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and to transfer the management functions of traditional Chinese medicine from the State Administration of Medicine to the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
January 1997
The "Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Health Reform and Development" clearly regards "equal emphasis on Chinese and Western medicine" as one of the guidelines for China's health work in the new period.
1 October 2003
The "Chinese Medicine Regulations of the People's Republic of China" is implemented.
7 July 2007
The launch ceremony of the large-scale popular science publicity event of Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine in China and the Beijing Station launch ceremony were held at the China Century Monument in Beijing.
21 April 2009
The "Opinions of the State Council on Supporting and Promoting the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine" was issued, which clarified the guiding ideology, basic principles, development goals and key tasks for the development of Chinese medicine in the following period, and has had an important and far-reaching impact.
June 2009
The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine held a recognition and symposium for masters of Chinese medicine in Beijing to honor the first 30 "masters of Chinese medicine".
5 October 2015
Tu Youyou, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Li Keqiang sent a letter of congratulations to the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
18 December 2015
General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a letter to congratulate the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine on its 60th anniversary. He pointed out that "at present, the revitalization of Chinese medicine has ushered in a great opportunity for the development of weather, land, and people." "We have effectively inherited, developed, and utilized the precious wealth left by this ancestor of Chinese medicine."
February 2016
The Outline of the Strategic Plan for TCM Development(2016-2017) was promulgated by the State Council.
19 August 2016
General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the National Conference on Hygiene and Health. The General Assembly has made clear its policy on health and wellness under the new circumstances, reaffirmed its commitment to placing equal emphasis on traditional Chinese and Western medicine, emphasized its efforts to promote the revitalization and development of TCM, and made arrangements and requirements for TCM work.
6 December 2016
The Information Office of the State Council issued the White Paper on Chinese Medicine, which announced to the world China's firm confidence and determination to develop Chinese medicine.
25 December 2016
On December 25, 2016, the 25th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress voted to pass China's first special law on Chinese medicine, the Chinese Medicine Law of the People's Republic of China, to develop national legal protection for Chinese medicine. On July 1, 2017, the Chinese Medicine Law of the People's Republic of China, which has received much attention, was formally implemented. This is the first comprehensive law in China that comprehensively and systematically reflects the characteristics of Chinese medicine.