The First China Women and Children’s Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Conference takes place in Beijing

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2014-06-03

On April 28, 2014, the first China Women and Children Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Conference was held in Beijing. The conference was hosted by the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the NHFPC and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM). It was organized by the National Women and Children Health Institute and China Exchange Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific and Technological Development.

Present at the conference were Wang Guoqiang, vice-minister of the NHFPC and director of the SATCM; Zhang Shikun, Director General of the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the NHFPC; and Yang Long, deputy director of the Medical Administration Department of the SATCM. Roughly 130 other people attending the conference consisted of staff from the women and children department of the provincial and municipal health and family planning commission, staff from the provincial and municipal maternity hospitals, and professionals and experts in traditional Chinese medicine.

Wang pointed out that this conference was crucial to implementing suggestions on the promotion of traditional Chinese medicine in health and family planning work issued by the NHFPC. The health of women and children plays an important role in family well-being and the entire nation’s future. Traditional Chinese medicine has unique advantages for women and children. Therefore, its extensive use for women and children will help improve their health as well as the development of maternal and child health undertakings..

Wang also emphasized that local governments should cultivate more professionals and experts, learn from others, promote traditional Chinese medicine in the healthcare of women and children, and forge a development path with Chinese characteristics.

During the conference, five famous experts in traditional Chinese medicine held lectures about gynecology and pediatrics of traditional Chinese medical science and infertility. Staff of maternity hospitals from Beijing, Guangdong and Guangxi introduced their practice and experience in using traditional Chinese medicine.

At the conference, the China women and the children’s health and traditional Chinese medicine development union was established on the basis of provincial maternity hospitals. In the future, the union members will strengthen communication and cooperation, and jointly promote the development and extensive use of traditional Chinese medicine in the healthcare of women and children.

This conference is the first national seminar on the use of traditional Chinese medicine in the healthcare of women and children since the establishment of the NHFPC. It is significant in accelerating the innovation, integration and development of women and children’s healthcare and traditional Chinese medicine.