Xinhuanet Says Exports of Chinese Medicine Hit $1.46 Billion
Xinhuanet.com reported on August 7, 2010, that exports of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the global market were valued at 1.46 billion U.S. dollars, according to Wang Guoqiang, director of the State Administration of TCM. Wang, also vice minister of…
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the health ministry, said the number of countries and regions which recognize the advantages and special features of TCM in treating modern diseases were on the rise and many countries were seeking cooperation with China on TCM.Traditional Chinese medicines are mostly mixtures of a number of ingredients or medical plants such as herbs, which makes them much more difficult to explain and analyze in a quantitative sense than western drugs.