Complete 300 Standards Revision of Traditional Chinese Medicine during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period

In 2020, basically establish a more rational structure of Chinese medicine standard system

The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has released the Outline of the Medium and Long Term Development Plan for the Standardization of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2011-2020). According to the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period set by the “Planning Outline”, the level of TCM industry standards will greatly increase, and industry-standard construction will reach the fast lane.

According to reports, at present, the standardization of Chinese medicine still faces many challenges, including inadequate attention to the standardization of traditional Chinese medicine in the industry, the foundation for the standardization of traditional Chinese medicine is still very weak, the promotion and promotion of Chinese medicine standards is not enough, and there is a shortage of professionals for the standardization of traditional Chinese medicine.

The "Planning Outline" proposes that by 2020, basically establish a Chinese medicine standard system that meets the needs of business development and has a relatively reasonable structure. The support system for the standardization of Chinese medicine will be further improved to basically meet the needs of the work of standardization in traditional Chinese medicine; the application and promotion of Chinese medicine standards The establishment of the monitoring and evaluation system was initially established; the construction of the TCM standardization talent team was significantly strengthened; the standardized management system and operating mechanism of TCM became more perfect, and the ability of China to participate substantially in the international standardization of TCM activities was significantly improved.

The objectives during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period included the completion of 300 revisions of the standards for traditional Chinese medicine, which basically covered medicine, education, research, and medicine. The quality standard of Chinese medicine has obviously improved. More than 90% of Chinese medicine standards are younger than 5 years old. The coordination between national standards, industry standards, and industry organization standards has been significantly improved. At the grass-roots level, a number of research and promotion bases for the development of traditional Chinese medicine standards have been established, and a feedback mechanism for research, formulation, application, promotion, and evaluation of Chinese medicine has basically taken shape. The ability to substantively participate in international standardization activities has increased significantly.