[Commentary] On May 19, Zhang Zhongde, deputy head of the Central Anti-epidemic TCM Expert Group Aid to Hong Kong and vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 23 other medical staff from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine returned to Guangzhou safely after rest and recuperation.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Zhongde, deputy head of the Central Aid Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert Group and vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

　　We have not only treated a large number of patients, but also prevented the development of some serious diseases and saved many lives.

Most importantly, through this action, we have pushed the development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong to a new level.

It is hoped that Hong Kong can be used as a "bridgehead" to promote Chinese medicine to the world and serve all mankind.

　　[Explanation] At the beginning of this year, the fifth wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic struck Hong Kong. At the request of the Hong Kong SAR government, Guangdong sent 526 medical and epidemic prevention personnel to support Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic, including 21 Chinese medicine experts, covering Chinese medicine for lung disease, Chinese medicine emergency, and critical care. .

　　[Explanation] Zhang Zhongde said that at work, medical staff in the Mainland and Hong Kong are both teachers and friends, and carry out a cooperative mode of cooperation in fighting the epidemic.

The mainland medical team has achieved a number of breakthroughs in the fight against the epidemic in Hong Kong for more than a month, including expanding the use of traditional Chinese medicine, reducing the use of contraindications, improving clinical efficacy, and participating in critically ill treatment.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Zhongde, deputy head of the Central Aid Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert Group and vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

　　We can form a team together and enter the red zone for ward rounds as an "honorary employee" of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.

We work together on duty, accept (treat) patients together, and formulate plans together.

When I first went to manage a ward, there were many restrictions, and Chinese medicine could not be used.

Slowly, the counterparts of Western medicine and the HA accepted it, and the government accepted it and promoted it vigorously.

Citizens, the common people strongly trust, he just sees whether you can have a good curative effect.

　　[Explanation] In Zhang Zhongde's view, many Hong Kong citizens originally took a wait-and-see attitude towards traditional Chinese medicine. After seeing the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine through this epidemic, there is now a great demand for traditional Chinese medicine.

Zhang Zhongde said that there are more than 10,000 Chinese medicine practitioners in Hong Kong who use Chinese medicine to serve the public, and now Hong Kong is accelerating the construction of Hong Kong's first Chinese medicine hospital.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Zhongde, deputy head of the Central Aid Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert Group and vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

　　The Hong Kong SAR government has taken a lot of medicines in the "epidemic prevention service package", and most of them contain elements of traditional Chinese medicine, which is unprecedented.

When we were in Hong Kong, we didn’t just see a few patients. I would say that the biggest promotion was to promote the entire (Hong Kong) society, the entire HA and the government, to attach importance to the development of Chinese medicine, and to understand Chinese medicine with Western medicine counterparts. It has enhanced the confidence of ordinary people and citizens in the role of traditional Chinese medicine not only in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, but also in other common and frequently-occurring diseases.

Therefore, the development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong is very good now, and the stamina is very strong.

　　[Commentary] Zhang Zhongde believes that people at home and abroad attach importance to clinical efficacy, so it is necessary to solidly improve the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, and use "language that the world can understand" to popularize the culture of traditional Chinese medicine. In the future, Hong Kong will be used to promote traditional Chinese medicine to the world , to serve the people of the world.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Zhongde, deputy head of the Central Aid Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert Group and vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

　　Hong Kong has good equipment, convenient and broad connection with Western countries, this is its advantage, and the Greater Bay Area (mainland cities) has good human resources, medicinal resources and mass base of traditional Chinese medicine, so (can combine) the advantages of both sides Together, with the curative effect and rich scientific research methods, it should be very good to move forward step by step.

　　(Reported by reporter He Junjie and Cai Minjie in Guangzhou)

Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]