China's well-known medical colleges and universities have joined hands to set up the Institute of Innovation

BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua Chen Jing) Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shanghai Jiaoxuan University School of Medicine on the 4th jointly set up the "Chinese medicine Western medicine convergence innovation research institute", is committed to the integration of Chinese and Western medicine in the construction of disciplines to create a "new situation." Chen kai
director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was appointed as the director
the Institute.Cao Xikang,
Seinth Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
said that, on the one hand, the Institute will enrich and perfect the diagnosis and treatment methods of modern medicine with the idea of the holistic view of traditional medicine, on the other hand, it will interpret and explore traditional medicine by means of modern medical theory, and dig deep into the objective mechanisms and laws of traditional medical methods, such as prescription medicine and symptom characteristics, and show them in the expression of life science.
Research Institute will focus on blood diseases, tumors and other research directions, combined with stem cells, genes and artificial intelligence and other emerging life science research tools to guide clinical practice and improve clinical efficacy. According to the construction plan, the institute will form 1-2 domestic leading level of Chinese and Western medicine cross-innovation research results within five years. Within ten years, we will complete the joint breakthrough of 1-2 major difficult diseases and major infectious disease prevention and control, and build 1-2 Asian-level research centers, so as to promote the integration of talent training and education.
Xu Jianguang, president of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told reporters that the Institute of Chinese and Western Medicine Convergence and Innovation aims to explore the inspiration of modern life science research from the treasures of traditional Chinese medicine on the basis of cross-convergence and complementary advantages of Chinese traditional medicine, to inspire each other with Chinese medicine knowledge methods and Western medicine knowledge methods, to lead key technological innovation, to break through the "card neck" technology bottleneck, and to truly create a breakthrough in the original heavy-weight innovation from 0 to 1 to contribute to solving contemporary medical problems.
It is learned that the Institute to Chinese medicine "holistic view" theory as the guiding principle, the use of databases, artificial intelligence and other modern methods to promote Tibetan elephant, Yin and Yang five lines, Chinese medicine certificate waiting and other basic theoretical issues of Chinese medicine in-depth exploration, interpretation of the characteristics of Chinese medicine, such as the construction of individualized diagnosis and treatment system, in-depth excavation of the core issues in their respective fields, focus on breaking through cross-innovation, and promote the development of new Chinese medicine, promote the modernization of Traditional Chinese medicine research.
sent congratulatory letters
The Chinese Academy of Engineering, Sang Guowei, Honorary President of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Sang Weiguo hopes that the two schools will work together to do a good job in the depth of classical medicine with a new perspective, train high-level compound talents with both Western medicine and traditional knowledge, and create a new situation in which Chinese and Western medicine are both important.
Chen Qi, chairman of the Central Committee of the Agricultural and Labour Party of China, said in a video message that since the outbreak of neo-crown pneumonia, Chinese medicine has played an important role in the prevention and control of the epidemic by playing an overall role in regulating patients, improving immunity, stimulating their own ability to resist disease and recover. He hoped that the Institute of Western Medicine Convergence and Innovation of Chinese Medicine would uphold the principle of adapting independent innovation to international cooperation, integrating Chinese medicine with Western medicine, promote the innovation of Chinese medicine and the development of new disciplines of Chinese and Western medicine, and give birth to a number of original achievements with international standards.
It is learned that the Institute will also be based on the international frontier, encourage collaborative innovation and international exchanges and cooperation, through interdisciplinary, cross-system, cross-regional cooperation, actively attract international innovation forces and resources, gather world-class experts and scholars to participate in discipline construction, build a world-class standard and global influence of Chinese and Western medicine cross-medical innovation team, promote the establishment of substantive cooperation between disciplines and foreign related scientific research institutions, accelerate the international development process of discipline construction.