Article: Future of traditional Chinese medicine is bright: Vice Premier

Future of traditional Chinese medicine is bright: Vice Premier

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has broad prospects and huge potentials in its development, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi said here on Thursday.

Wu made the remarks at the 2008 National Conference on the TCM Work. "I'm very confident of the development of traditional Chinese medicine," she said.

According to the official, China has 3,072 TCM hospitals with over 330,000 beds, while most of general hospitals in the country have opened TCM departments.

China now has 1,500 TCM companies, manufacturing more than 9,000 kinds of Chinese medicine products.

The vice premier has been widely known as ...

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