China News Service, Beijing, September 24 (Wei Xianghui) On the 23rd, the National Health Commission held a press conference in Beijing.

Hu Qiangqiang, a spokesman for the National Health Commission, said at the meeting that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's traditional Chinese medicine industry has developed steadily, and the combination of traditional medicine and modern technology has become increasingly close.

The inheritance, development and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine have ushered in new opportunities due to the integration of modern technology.

  Technology support leads innovation and development

  At the meeting, Li Yu, director of the Science and Technology Department of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that over the past ten years, through clinical and mechanism research, traditional Chinese medicine has been used in the treatment of a series of major diseases such as ischemic stroke, non-small cell lung cancer, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. Important progress has been made in common and frequently-occurring diseases.

  For example, the team of Academician Chen Zhu revealed the mechanism of action of traditional Chinese medicine arsenic in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia. The five-year disease-free survival rate of patients rose to more than 90%, and won the Scheberg Award.

  The team of Academician Chen Xiangmei revealed a new mechanism for the progression of IgA nephropathy. The combined treatment of traditional Chinese and Western medicine reduced the prevalence of uremia caused by IgA nephropathy by 10.5% and the curative effect increased by 20%, and won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

  Liu Baoyan's research team confirmed that acupuncture has significant advantages in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.

  In the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, traditional Chinese medicine screened out the "three medicines and three prescriptions" through scientific research, established the first line of defense at the first time, and played an important role in achieving anti-epidemic results.

  Become a new highlight of "Belt and Road" cooperation and exchanges

  Wu Zhendou, director of the International Cooperation Department of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced that traditional Chinese medicine has spread to 196 countries and regions.

  China has signed special TCM cooperation agreements with more than 40 foreign governments, regional authorities and international organizations, and launched 30 high-quality TCM overseas centers, 75 TCM international cooperation bases, and 31 national TCM services. Export base construction work.

The content of traditional Chinese medicine is included in 16 free trade agreements.

  In the "Belt and Road" construction, the cooperation and exchange of traditional Chinese medicine has also become a new bright spot.

  Wu Zhendou, director of the International Cooperation Department of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China plans to cooperate with the "Belt and Road" countries to build 30 high-quality overseas Chinese medicine centers, promulgate 30 international standards for traditional Chinese medicine, and create 10 It is a brand project of overseas communication of traditional Chinese medicine culture, and 50 international cooperation bases of traditional Chinese medicine and a group of national traditional Chinese medicine service export bases are built.

In addition, it will also support the construction of the highland of traditional Chinese medicine in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the exchange of traditional Chinese medicine across the Taiwan Strait, so as to jointly promote the "going out" of traditional Chinese medicine.

  Strengthen the top-level design of talent training

  Over the past ten years, the construction of the traditional Chinese medicine scientific and technological talent team has been continuously strengthened.

  According to statistics, 7 people were elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 1 was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has built 15 national Chinese medicine multidisciplinary innovation teams and 20 national traditional Chinese medicine inheritance and innovation teams, and selected 149 strategic leading talents and 100 young Qihuang scholars.

  As a research institution of traditional Chinese medicine, the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences plays a leading role in scientific and technological innovation and personnel training.

  The school has established the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, which is composed of Nobel Prize winners, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Medicine, and plays a strategic consulting role to provide strong talent and intellectual resources for the development of the school and the industry.

  According to Yang Hongjun, vice president of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, a new university is being actively planned and established to explore paths for cultivating high-level and compound talents.

In addition, the 9-year "Tu Youyou Class" has been recruited jointly with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which has been recruited for three consecutive sessions.

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