China News Service, Lanzhou, January 18 (Zhang Jing) "Long and Macao can carry out in-depth cooperation in the traditional Chinese medicine industry to jointly promote development." He Pingping, member of the Gansu Provincial Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Macau Gansu Friendship Association, accepted Sino-Singapore on the 17th In an interview, a reporter from the Internet stated that due to the impact of the epidemic, she could not reach the site of the "two sessions" in Gansu Province, but seven members of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, including her, who lived in Australia, jointly proposed the "Longao Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Guangdong, Macao and Shenzhen". Joint District Cooperation Initiative.”
During her five-year tenure, He Pingping has been paying attention to the development of the Chinese medicine industry in Longao, and is committed to promoting the close cooperation between the production base of Chinese medicinal materials in Gansu and Macao, thereby promoting the dissemination and promotion of Chinese medicine culture.
She said that at present, the "Long-Australia Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Development Cooperation Framework Agreement" is still in the exploration and planning stage, and its specific projects have not yet been formally implemented. Therefore, it is very necessary to explore the in-depth cooperation between Long-Australian traditional Chinese medicine industry and develop projects that can be implemented.
The picture shows a nurse at the People's Hospital of Lintao County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province preparing traditional Chinese medicine for a patient.
(Data map) Photo by Gao Zhan
Gansu is one of the main producing areas of Chinese herbal medicines in China. It is rich in resources of Chinese herbal medicines. The planting area and output of local Chinese herbal medicines are in the forefront of the country.
The unique geographical location and climatic conditions make the medicinal materials produced in Gansu of high quality. Among them, the commonly used medicinal materials such as Angelica, Astragalus, Codonopsis, and Rhubarb are well-known nationwide.
"However, according to the data, there are currently many small and medium-sized enterprises in the traditional Chinese medicine industry in Gansu Province, and few large enterprises and scattered distribution." He Pingping said that even the large-scale traditional Chinese medicine enterprises have only a few hundred million in annual business volume, which is comparable to that of the whole country. Large pharmaceutical companies that can easily spend tens of billions of yuan cannot be compared, and the small domestic market share has become a pain point for traditional Chinese medicine manufacturers in Gansu.
Under the increasingly fierce competition environment, Gansu traditional Chinese medicine enterprises are not only stagnant in the market share of exclusive varieties, but also have a long-term low level of total operating income. The weak manufacturing link restricts the quality and upgrade of the traditional Chinese medicine industry chain.
At present, the primary processing volume of Chinese medicinal materials in Gansu Province and the amount used by pharmaceutical enterprises are still less than 30% of the total output of medicinal materials.
He Pingping said that only a very small amount of medicinal materials produced in Gansu Province can be digested by local pharmaceutical companies, and the rest are purchased by companies from other provinces, even Japan and South Korea, and then made into Chinese patent medicine products and sold back to Gansu, which is several times the price. , which makes Gansu always focus on the low-end in the entire industrial chain.
It can be said that although the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Gansu Province has created a new situation, it still has not gotten out of the dilemma of "a province with large resources of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, a small province in industry, and a province with weak research and development".
The above joint proposal stated that it is recommended that the government introduce supporting policies and do a good job in the three links of resources, industry and research.
The picture shows the traceable authentic Chinese medicinal materials in Dangchang County, Longnan City, Gansu Province.
(Data map) Photo by Wei Jianjun
When talking about the research and development of traditional Chinese medicine, He Pingping said that the State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Quality Research, which is based on the University of Macau and Macau University of Science and Technology, is the first state key laboratory in the field of traditional Chinese medicine in China.
After years of construction, the laboratory has developed into an innovative research base for the quality of traditional Chinese medicines with international advanced standards, and related research results have won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award twice.
Especially in the research and development of new drugs, it has shown good development prospects, which can make up for the weak research and development of traditional Chinese medicine in Gansu Province.
In addition, the Guangdong-Macao Traditional Chinese Medicine Industrial Park, which landed in Hengqin, Guangdong in 2011, currently does not have its own medicinal material planting base, and Gansu is a major planting province of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and local medicinal materials are trapped in market development and logistics costs. There is still room for improvement in industrial scale.
"I hope that Long and Macao will give full play to their respective strengths, and Gansu will organize personnel to visit the Guangdong-Macao Shenzhen Cooperation Zone to carry out cooperation and exchanges." He Pingping said that the Macau Gansu Friendship Association will play an active role as a bridge.
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