Legislation of traditional Chinese medicine enters fast lane

According to Chen Zhu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and President of the Chinese Medical Association, disclosed at the first Qihuang forum hosted by the Chinese society of traditional Chinese medicine that the draft law on traditional Chinese medicine was submitted to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council at the end of 2011 and has been listed in the legislative plan of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 2013 Chen Zhu said that at present, more and more countries have implemented legislative management on traditional medicine and enacted laws and regulations on traditional medicine As a big country of traditional medicine and the birthplace of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine still lacks legal protection at the national level Editor's comments: Traditional Chinese medicine is an excellent cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, which plays an indispensable role in national health care But at present, the legal protection of traditional Chinese medicine in China still has defects and deficiencies, such as the protection of intellectual property rights of traditional Chinese medicine, the protection and utilization of wild traditional Chinese medicine resources, the standardization and management of traditional Chinese medicine preparations in medical institutions, and the practice of non-governmental doctors In recent years, the insiders also generally believe that the construction of the legal system of traditional Chinese medicine in China lags behind and cannot adapt to the development of the cause of traditional Chinese medicine, and have been calling for accelerating the process of legislation of traditional Chinese medicine Therefore, the acceleration of TCM legislation will further promote the development of TCM in China.