Strong development momentum of Chinese medicine service trade

Medical Network June 12th to May 31st, during the 5th China International Trade in Services Fair, supported by the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration, Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, and Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Service hosted by Beijing Court Medical Research Association The trade and cultural exchange conference was held at the Beijing National Convention Center. At the meeting, Chinese and foreign experts and industry representatives conducted an exchange discussion on the characteristics, advantages, principles, and laws of the Chinese medicine trade in services. The participants stressed that the development of trade in Chinese medicine should adhere to a Basic principles - 'open and inclusive, without losing self'.

In recent years, China’s Chinese medicine service trade market has rapidly expanded in size and its service level has been continuously improved. It has become an important force for optimizing the trade structure of services and spreading traditional Chinese culture. Statistics show that in 2016, there were 288 Chinese medicine service agencies in China and enterprise 2. The number of foreign patients admitted was 230,000, and 29,000 people were hospitalized. The turnover was 1.4 billion yuan. Chinese medicine It has been spread to 183 countries and regions and has received increasing attention internationally. Chinese medicine has been confirmed in the form of national or local government legislation in Australia, Canada, Austria, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, UAE and South Africa. More and more foreigners learn Chinese culture through Chinese medicine.

Ms. Beniah, the wife of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic, is a Western medicine doctor. She stated that today when Western medicine is very developed, traditional Chinese medicine culture and traditional services still exist. It is because Chinese medicine can solve some Western medicine problems that Western medicine cannot solve. In Europe, many patients find that diseases like diabetes, obesity, rheumatism, immune system diseases, depression, and allergies can only relieve symptoms and cannot treat the disease as a whole. In these aspects, Chinese medicine is Advantages, certainly in the future health The security system plays an important role. In Europe and other parts of the world, the overall concept of health and traditional wisdom has received increasing attention. More and more patients want to be able to accept more natural and safer traditional therapies, such as Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional medicine for the treatment of diseases.

Researcher Chen Qiguang of the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences pointed out that Chinese medicine's external service trade not only involves the use of medical science and technology means, but also is related to cultural exchanges. If we introduce to foreign countries completely different from the modern medical system, the original Chinese tradition The knowledge theory and method skills of traditional Chinese medicine can be used to prove that traditional Chinese medicine can solve some Western medical problems that cannot be solved or solve health problems and disease prevention problems. This kind of foreign service trade is a matter of mutual understanding and complementation. The rapid development of Chinese medicine in foreign service trade, Chen Qiguang suggested that Chinese medicine should be firmly oriented to the world to implement the basic principle of 'openness and tolerance, without losing self', and prudently grasp the scale, intensity and progress, to avoid unilaterally emphasizing the 'convergence' of 'international "and" modernization ", and lose China's autonomy in the world of medicine, core competitiveness, the rights of original knowledge and the dominant power of Eastern traditional medicine; must adhere to the traditional line of characteristics, in the international competition to have advantages. In addition, Developing TCM's foreign service trade and cultural exchanges 'Rational and advantageous,' 'Step-by-step,' 'mutually beneficial and win-win' principle, coordinate and promote the development of a variety of Chinese medicine service methods and cultural exchange methods, enrich content, build more platforms, and broaden the interface; use acupuncture to promote the promotion of non-drug therapies in Chinese medicine , To promote the interest of foreign students and the general public in learning and applying Chinese medicine services, and to promote the development of overseas Chinese medicine education and health care and medical tourism.

Wen Yuan, executive vice president of the Beijing Court Medical Research Association, believes that Chinese medicine pharmacy emphasizes harmony between people and nature, conforms to the natural concept of survival, and is good for people, and different ways of health preservation, thinking and methods of dialectical treatment, preventing problems before they occur. The idea of ​​treating unsolved diseases, these concepts all reflect the profound connotation and extensive extension of the Chinese national spirit. Chinese medicine service trade is a powerful carrier of Chinese medicine's cultural dissemination, and it is a convenient form for foreign young people to experience the excellent culture of the Chinese nation.

Chinese medicine service trade has ushered in huge opportunities for development. From 2011 to 2014 alone, Russia, France, Malaysia, Italy, Australia and more than 30 countries and regions have proposed through various channels such as the meeting of heads of state and cooperated with China to build Chinese medicine locally. The center, to carry out cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine. Wang Xiaofeng, director of the International Cooperation Department of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that countries and regions along the “One Belt and One Road” countries have great demand for Chinese medicine services. Chinese medicine service trade has been included in the 'Belt and Road ' Initiative.

In addition, Chinese medicine service trade has also been integrated into the overall deployment of China’s service trade, and has participated in the negotiation of several Sino-foreign free trade zones and the construction of a domestic free trade pilot zone. As of now, the content of Chinese medicine has been incorporated into 14 free trade agreements. The relevant international organizations, countries and regions have signed 86 Chinese medicine cooperation agreements.

In the face of rare opportunities for development, Jiang Lai, the CEO of Xin Chengzhi Wisdom (Haikou) Health Technology Co., Ltd. suggested using the 'Internet+' to help Chinese medicine go out. He pointed out that the rapid development and application of the Internet has brought about the development of Chinese medicine trade in services. The important revelation is that we must have 'user thinking, big data thinking, and cross-border thinking'. To promote the overseas spread of Chinese medicine and the development of international service trade, we need to focus on building a strategic Internet platform, pooling Chinese medicine and medical services, and education services. Distribution and business services, medical tourism services, cultural services, health services and other 'Internet +' services, the formation of 'Chinese business card'.

in medicine International service trade has expanded from pilot exploration to gradual expansion. Li Daning, the former deputy director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is an important promoter. He pointed out that Chinese medicine service trade provides a new platform for Chinese medicine to move toward the world, a new carrier, and internationalization. During the process, we must maintain the unique advantages of TCM, not only to meet the relevant needs of the international market, but also to emphasize the reciprocal benefits of trade policies. The international service trade of TCM has a broad space and great potential, but it is still an urgent need to study. To explore new areas, we hope that relevant parties can strengthen scientific research and exchange experiences based on their characteristics, advantages, principles, and laws, and further promote the development of international trade in Chinese medicine.