GUANGZHOU, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) – A pattern of all-round cooperation in the field of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been basically established, said Li Chuyuan, chairman of the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (GPHL), at a forum focusing on promoting a “Healthy Silk Road” held on Wednesday in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.
The Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road published by the Chinese government in March 2015 says to expand cooperation on traditional medicine, Li pointed out.
While releasing a development planning of TCM under the Belt and Road, China has set up 16 TCM centers overseas, and signed TCM cooperation agreements with 15 countries, according to him.
Li made the remarks on one of the parallel forums of “The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road" Forum on International Communication and Chinese (Guangdong) Companies Going Global, hosted by the Information Office of Guangdong Provincial Government, Zhuhai Municipal Government and China Economic Information Service (CEIS) of Xinhua News Agency. (Edited by Sun Huanjie, sunhj@xinhua.org)