China's traditional Chinese medicine industry has made great progress and the trend of "going out" is good

[market analysis of chinapharma.com] Traditional Chinese medicine can not only cure diseases, but also pay more attention to disease prevention, prevention first, health care, and strive to prevent people from getting sick, get sick less, get sick later, reduce injuries, and save costs on the other hand In recent years, with the support of a series of national policies, the traditional Chinese medicine industry has made considerable development and a good trend of going out Great progress has been made in the traditional Chinese medicine industry The major health products of traditional Chinese medicine include proprietary Chinese medicine, health products of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, herbal pieces and extracts, healthy food and drinks, cosmetics of traditional Chinese medicine, daily chemical products, veterinary medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, feed of traditional Chinese medicine, processing equipment of traditional Chinese medicine, etc The development of large-scale health industry of traditional Chinese medicine has comprehensive advantages such as adjusting industrial structure, increasing employment, increasing farmers' income, serving medical reform, benefiting people's livelihood and protecting ecology In recent years, with the introduction of national favorable policies, China's traditional Chinese medicine industry has made great progress According to statistics, in 2016, the total output value of China's traditional Chinese medicine industry (including Chinese herbal pieces and Chinese patent medicines) was 865.34 billion yuan, accounting for 29.2% of the total output value of China's pharmaceutical industry At present, there are 2088 pharmaceutical enterprises that have passed the GMP certification to produce Chinese patent medicines, and more than 30 enterprises with a market value of more than 10 billion yuan There are nearly 500 key varieties with an annual sales volume of more than 100 million yuan, and the output value of traditional Chinese medicine industry keeps rising, from 23.54 billion yuan in 1996 to 786.7 billion yuan in 2015, accounting for 28.55% of the scale of pharmaceutical industry After years of rapid development, especially the mandatory requirements of two GMP certification, the hardware level of Chinese traditional medicine industry has been significantly improved, the continuous updating of plant and equipment, the continuous improvement of automation control level, the continuous improvement of drug quality standards and quality control level, which has completely changed the backward production mode of front and back factories, pill powder paste pill and silly black crude in Chinese traditional medicine industry With the rapid growth and strength of traditional Chinese medicine industry enterprises, a number of leading enterprises with large scale, excellent quality and strong competitiveness have risen rapidly With the improvement of production mode and the arrival of the modernization era of traditional Chinese medicine, the industry of traditional Chinese medicine in China will be greatly developed Traditional Chinese medicine is showing a good trend of development in going global Wang Guoqiang, director of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, said that traditional Chinese medicine has been applied in 183 countries and regions around the world, 86 governments have signed agreements with China on cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine, and China has established 17 Chinese medicine centers abroad Chinese medicine has shown a good development trend The promotion of "one belt, one road" has strongly promoted the development of Chinese medicine health industry and the growth of international trade One belt, one road, and one country along the market should be changed We will support a number of Chinese medicine health products with obvious market advantages and high quality to expand overseas markets, create a number of demonstration areas of Chinese medicine service trade with strong comprehensive strength and outstanding international influence, and expand the international market share and popularity of Chinese medicine health products In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine enterprises have taken the initiative to seek change, have formulated international strategies, and seek transformation and upgrading Experts say that entering the international market is one of the upgrading paths for traditional Chinese medicine enterprises According to the data, the export amount of traditional Chinese medicine increased by 2.07% year on year According to the statistics of China Customs, in 2017, the export amount of traditional Chinese medicine was 3.64 billion US dollars, an increase of 2.07% year-on-year; the market of plant extracts was active, the export amount was 2.010 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.33% year-on-year; the export of traditional Chinese medicine was 250 million US dollars, an increase of 11.03% year-on-year; the export of traditional Chinese medicine and decoction pieces continued to grow negatively, a decrease of 2.23% year-on-year It shows that the export of traditional Chinese medicine is picking up In 2017, traditional Chinese medicine was exported to 118 countries and regions Asia is not only the traditional market of traditional Chinese medicine export, but also the main market In addition, in the first three quarters, the U.S market replaced Japan as the export market of traditional Chinese medicine in China At present, China's traditional Chinese medicine industry shows a good trend in export, but the internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine still faces many difficulties and challenges Some experts believe that there are mainly three aspects: the development of internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine is not balanced, and it has a high degree of recognition in Southeast Asia at present, but in some countries, it faces many legal obstacles, affecting the process of internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine Second, the lack of international standards and norms of traditional Chinese medicine At present, although one of the more than 90 countries one belt, one road, has formulated the registration standard for plant drugs, it is mainly formulated according to western medicine standards With the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine and traditional medicine, the standards and norms generally recognized by the society have not been established, which hinders the international exchange and cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine Third, intellectual property rights of traditional Chinese medicine are facing challenges and threats In the process of internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine, some countries are aware of the huge wealth of traditional Chinese medicine, using its advanced technology to change the face of traditional Chinese medicine, and then apply for intellectual property protection, which has become an important factor hindering the internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine.