“Behind the huge opportunities of the times, the development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry still faces many constraints, and the key solution is that the traditional Chinese medicine industry chain is based on the country's top-level design, integrity, innovation, and integration.” Facing the current development of traditional Chinese medicine, Wu Han, chairman of Zhongkang Technology, said bluntly at the TCM Ecological Conference and TCM Industry Expo.

On December 16, the first Traditional Chinese Medicine Ecological Conference and Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Expo was grandly opened at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center. With “integration and linkage” as the core label, the five-day conference will address the current situation and pain points of the development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, be based on finding solutions, promote the high-quality development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry and build a new ecosystem through various forms of in-depth interaction such as policy interpretation, information release, exhibition, transformation of academic achievements, and academic exchanges.

According to reports from Zhitong Finance, the conference was hosted by Zhongkang Technology under the guidance of the Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine Information Society, the Chinese Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine, the National Federation for Standardization and Quality Assessment of Traditional Chinese Medicines, the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, and the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It was co-sponsored by leading traditional Chinese medicine brand industries, and received support from more than 20 industry associations and universities of traditional Chinese medicine.

At the opening ceremony of the conference, Sun Xiaobo, chairman of the conference and executive vice chairman of the National Alliance for Standardization and Quality Assessment of Chinese Herbal Medicine, said that the first Traditional Chinese Medicine Ecological Conference in 2023 brought together resources in the traditional Chinese medicine industry, gathered consensus on industrial innovation and development, and is expected to bring new opportunities and perspectives to enterprise development and industrial upgrading.

Wu Han, chairman of the organizer Zhongkang Technology, stated in his opening address, “We need vertical integration of the entire chain from medicinal herb cultivation to pharmaceutical production, from research and development to clinical application. We need even more the horizontal integration of different disciplines, from theory to practice. Through the linkage and integration of the entire industry chain, the 'silo effect' is broken, a living force is formed, and the high-quality development of the industry is promoted together. This is also the mission of the TCM Ecological Conference.”

Subsequently, Liu Mucai, a first-level researcher at the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Zhang Bolitong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chairman of the National Alliance for Standardization and Quality Assessment of Chinese Herbal Medicine; Lin Tiandong, a master of Chinese medicine; and Wu Gang, former deputy director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and president of the Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine Information Society, all expressed their views on the development of traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition, in order to further unleash the market value of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, make every effort to build an academic community, a community of interests and a community of destiny in the traditional Chinese medicine industry, and continue to empower the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese medicine culture, and help build a healthy China, a grand licensing ceremony for co-founders was also held at the opening ceremony of the conference, including Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group, China Resources 39 (000999.SZ), Pien Tsai (600436.SH), Tianshili Pharmaceutical Group, Donga Ejiao, Conn Bei (600572.SH), Jinyao Da Rentang, Sinopharm Taiji, Huarun It has a long reputation, Many leading brands of traditional Chinese medicine, such as Hongjitang, Jianmin Group, Nanjing Tongrentang, Hanson Pharmaceutical, and Qingdao Guofeng, attended, demonstrating corporate responsibility and contributing to the orderly development of the industry and system development.