China to open 20 overseas TCM centers
21-Jan-16, China Daily
China plans to open about 20 Traditional Chinese Medicine collaboration centers overseas this year, according to senior TCM official Wang Xiaopin, director of the International Cooperation Department at the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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The aim is to open the centers in countries and regions covered by China's Belt and Road Initiative to enable the medical science to benefit more people, the official said.
To date, TCM has been promoted in more than 180 countries and regions and the Chinese government has signed high-level cooperation memorandums with 83 countries, Wang said.