Wang Guoqiang: Formulating TCM Development Strategy Must Handle Well Four Relationships

At the opening ceremony of the Fourth China Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Conference, Wang Guoqiang, deputy director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission and director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out in his speech (the full text is summarized in the third edition) that to promote the formulation of the strategy for the development of Chinese medicine, it is necessary to handle reforms. Relationship with development, government and market, inheritance and innovation, strategy and "some opinions".

Wang Guoqiang deeply analyzed the situation faced by the development strategy of Chinese medicine from the three perspectives of the national development environment, the general trend of economic and social development, health and family planning, and the reality of the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and put forward the overall thinking on strategic planning for the development of Chinese medicine. Basic principles, strategic objectives and key tasks.

Wang Guoqiang emphasized that the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee proposed that more emphasis should be placed on the systematicness, integrity, and coordination of the reform. This "three sexes" is both a methodology for reforms and a methodology for strengthening the overall planning of top-level design. To formulate a strategy for the development of Chinese medicine, we must handle the following relationships.

The first is to handle the relationship between reform and development. Reform and development are interdependent and mutually conditional. Development is the purpose and the absolute principle. Reform is the means and it is an inexhaustible motive force. The goal of the development of Chinese medicine is to realize, protect, and develop the healthy rights and interests of the people, that is, to make due contributions to the overall layout of the “five in one”. In the TCM development strategy, it is necessary to further clarify the status and role of TCM in the overall development of the country and promote the continued implementation of the “State Council’s Opinions on Supporting and Promoting the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine” (hereinafter referred to as “some opinions”). And put forward new development initiatives. The reform of traditional Chinese medicine is to solve the drawbacks of the institutional mechanisms that are not conducive to the development of traditional Chinese medicine, to clear the institutional and policy obstacles that affect and restrict the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, and in accordance with the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, to push forward the policy of perfecting the development of traditional Chinese medicine. And mechanisms."

The second is to handle the relationship between the government and the market. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee made it clear that the market should play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and better play the role of the government. In the development strategy of Chinese medicine, it is necessary to adhere to the combination of government-led and market mechanisms, and earnestly implement the responsibilities of the government in planning, system construction, investment protection, and supervision, so as to ensure the basic public health service and people’s basic service needs. Satisfy. At the same time, with a view to guiding the direction of resource allocation, we must give full play to the role of the market mechanism, guide the behavior of market players, fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of social forces, vigorously develop the health care service of Chinese medicine, and satisfy the multiple levels and diversification of the people. service requirements.

The third is to handle the relationship between inheritance and innovation. With the rapid development of modern medicine and economic technology, the innovative development of TCM is particularly important and urgent. It is necessary to earnestly inherit and carry forward the scientific connotation, academic nature, and characteristic advantages of TCM. At the same time, it actively uses modern science and technology to enrich and develop the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. Specifically, it is necessary to vigorously strengthen systematic research on classical medical literature, medical doctors' cases, and traditional pharmaceutical technology experience, and to thoroughly summarize the laws of major academic innovations in the history of TCM development. It systematically explores and studies the traditional knowledge and techniques of ethnic and folk medicine. Do a good job of inheriting the academic ideas, clinical experience, and technical expertise of experts in traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Taking clinical practice as the core and major, difficult, contagious diseases, and diseases that have superiority in TCM as the breakthrough point, make full use of modern scientific and technological achievements and focus on strengthening the in-depth research and drug development of basic theories and clinical diagnosis and treatment technologies of Chinese medicine. Improve clinical efficacy, enrich and develop the theory and practice of Chinese medicine.

The fourth is to handle the relationship between the strategy and the "some opinions." "Several Opinions" is the first State Council document on the development of Chinese medicine since the founding of New China. It has a milestone significance in the history of the development of Chinese medicine and has played a very important role in promoting the development of traditional Chinese medicine. At present and for a period to come, it is necessary to continue to implement the various tasks proposed in the "Several Opinions". To formulate a strategy for the development of Chinese medicine, it is necessary to carefully consolidate and implement the experience of the “Several Opinions,” further refine the tasks and measures, deepen the action plan, and insist on the issue according to the new situation facing the development of the country’s economic and social development and the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Guided by and proposed new measures for the reform and development of traditional Chinese medicine to solve the key problems in the Chinese medicine business. The strategy is both the inheritance and development of "some opinions" and the innovation and improvement of "some opinions".