National People’s Congress Representative Yang Shuo: Promote the systematic development of acupuncture and strengthen the clinical application of acupuncture. In 2022, acupuncture will be officially listed as a first-level discipline to meet the needs of acupuncture discipline construction, talent training, and the construction of a healthy China.
In 2010, TCM acupuncture was included in the "Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage" and has become an important part of world medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture has become the "vanguard" of traditional Chinese medicine going global.