Creating New Development Patterns for TCM Industrial Centers
努力开创中药基地建设的新局面

Editor' s remark: Since an initiative was launched in 199 to modernize China' s traditional medicine industry, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology has approved the establishment of 17 national TCM industrial centers, 7 national medicinal herb plantations, and 1 biopharmaceutical industrial center, at the provincial, municipal, and autonomous region level. Modernization of traditional Chinese medicine has become part of governor' s agenda in many provinces. The modernization drive has also become a stimulus to technological innovation, industrial development,service capacity building, and high caliber personnel training. It is an important organizational form of China' s TCM modernization drive. While tracking down the overall S&T development trends and cutting edges, researchers are asked to understand the overall guidance, deployment, major missions, and future developments of China' s S&T undertakings,allowing S&T activities to run on a sound track in line with the nation' s strategic needs. In this issue, we publish the work report delivered by LIU Yanhua, Chinese Vice-Minister of Science and Technology at the 3rd national meeting on TCM related industrial development. Equipped with concise language and concrete data, the report is not only enlightening, but is also a desirable guidance for the development of TCMindustry.