A Study on the International Legislation of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Progress and Trend

摘要

In recent decades, more and more countries have commenced to highly value the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in their societies. Great progress of legislation work has been made during the rapid spread of TCM overseas. Based on the progress of TCM legislation in different countries in the world by the measurements of the start time, finish time, driving force for legislation, established management departments etc., this paper focuses on the achievement of TCM legislation internationally and the trend of its development through some cases.