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Recently, the first integrated Chinese medicine anti epidemic medical team dispatched by China to foreign countries -17 members of the Chinese medicine anti epidemic medical team in Cambodia won the Knight of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The triumphal welcome ceremony was held at the Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the work of the second Chinese medicine medical team in Cambodia is also being promoted.

It is understood that more and more Chinese medicine enterprises and overseas centers of Chinese medicine are taking root along the "the Belt and Road", coming to China to "learn" from overseas "Chinese medicine fans" and then returning home to spread. Chinese medicine is striding towards the world along the "the Belt and Road", contributing unique "oriental power" to the health and well-being of people along the "Belt and Road", and promoting the development of international trade.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Accelerates "Going to Sea"

Outside the production workshop of Anhui Xiehe Cheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., more than a dozen workers are busy transporting packaged medicinal materials and herbal decoction pieces to containers. These products will arrive at Haiphong Port in Vietnam in about a week by sea.

According to the statistics of Bozhou Customs, from January to April this year, the export of Chinese medicinal materials in Bozhou City was 190 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%, accounting for 85.8% of the total export value of Chinese medicinal materials in Anhui Province, of which 45.509 million yuan was exported to countries along the "the Belt and Road". South Korea, Vietnam and other countries are the main export markets for international trade.

Bozhou, dedicated to building the "World Capital of Traditional Chinese Medicine", is a microcosm of China's accelerated "going global" of traditional Chinese medicine. As a treasure of the Chinese nation, Chinese medicine is being welcomed by more and more people in countries along the the Belt and Road in international trade.

In order to better meet the needs of countries along the "the Belt and Road", TCM enterprises continue to carry out product research, development and innovation. "We use scientific and technological innovation to further develop refined small package decoction pieces, traditional Chinese medicine extracts, traditional Chinese medicine formula granules, traditional Chinese medicine health care products, etc., and gradually diversify our products. Export products have increased from single traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces to traditional Chinese medicine extracts, traditional Chinese medicine formulas, Polypill and other products with high added value." Zhao Weihe, deputy general manager of Anhui Xiehe Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, The company is also establishing an office in Vietnam to strengthen communication and cooperation with the local market.

Deeply integrate into the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road"

At the Ratz Pharmacy in Stralsund, a small city in Germany, the Chinese medicine granules produced by Anhui Jiren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. are being sold to German citizens through the Chinese medicine formula granules department in the pharmacy. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Granules department of this pharmacy was officially established in 2019, marking the first time that traditional Chinese medicine formula granules that have passed official quality inspections have entered the German market.

"We cooperated with local public pharmacies to sell 128 varieties of traditional Chinese medicine granules, which are very popular in Germany." Zhu Qiang, deputy general manager of Anhui Jiren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., said that taking Shufeng Jiedu granules as an example, after the COVID-19 broke out, more than 100000 Shufeng Jiedu granules with formula granules were sold in 27 member countries of the European Union and Switzerland, effectively participating in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

With the acceleration of Chinese medicine going overseas, Chinese medicine is also more deeply integrated into the local, taking root and sprouting along the "the Belt and Road" of international trade, and becoming an envoy of health and cultural exchanges between China and countries along the line.

In Athens, Greece, the Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Athens Traditional Chinese Medicine Center, which was established by Anhui University of Chinese Medicine in cooperation with the Greek International Health Tourism Center, has become a window for traditional Chinese medicine to enter the lives of local people.

It is reported that based on the previous work of the Chinese medicine medical team for Cambodia, the national China Cambodia Chinese medicine center undertaken by Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sciences has officially signed a contract, which has been included in the Joint Statement of the China and the Kingdom of Cambodia on Building a China Cambodia Community of Destiny in a New Era in February this year.

The Plan proposes that during the "14th Five Year Plan" period, China will cooperate with the "the Belt and Road" countries to build 30 high-quality overseas Chinese medicine centers, promulgate 30 international standards of Chinese medicine, create 10 overseas dissemination brand projects of Chinese medicine culture, build 50 international cooperation bases of Chinese medicine, and build a number of national international trade and export bases of Chinese medicine services.

Traveling across the sea to China to "learn from classics"

While Chinese medicine is accelerating its "going global", more and more Chinese medicine lovers from countries along the "the Belt and Road" are coming to China to "learn from", and then bring Chinese medicine back to their own countries, so that this Chinese treasure can benefit more people.

Lin Shiguang, a 43 year old Malaysians, is one of those who came to China to study Chinese medicine in depth. While pursuing doctoral studies at Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Lin Shiguang also runs a Chinese medicine museum in Malaysia, serving the local people with the knowledge and technology of Chinese medicine he has learned in China over the years.

Although Lin Shiguang's TCM clinic is small, it has complete and clean facilities. It can not only provide acupuncture and moxibustion, massage, bone setting and other services, but also recuperate internal diseases and prescribe according to different diseases.

Although traditional Chinese medicine has a slow course of treatment, it has good effects and minimal damage to the body. Dozens of people come to see doctors every day, many of whom come multiple times. "Lin Shiguang said," Nowadays, the local acceptance and recognition of traditional Chinese medicine in Malaysia are increasing, and the number of traditional Chinese medicine clinics is constantly increasing. More and more people like him are going to China to "seek scriptures".

According to Zhou Yadong, dean of the School of Humanities and International Education Exchange of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, the university has been recruiting international students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine since 1994, many of whom are from Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and other countries along the "the Belt and Road".