On November 21st, the "Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Medicine International 
Exchange Conference" jointly sponsored by the Foreign Affairs Office of Jiangsu 
Provincial People's Government and Jiangsu Health Commission kicked off in 
Nanjing. The theme of the conference is "Let the World Know Jiangsu Traditional 
Chinese Medicine", according to the organizing committee. 

Hu Gang, Vice-Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPPCC and 
President of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM), said in his speech 
that Chinese medicine is the treasure of ancient Chinese science and the key to 
the treasure house of Chinese civilization. Jiangsu TCM International Exchange 
Conference is a powerful measure to link domestic and international markets and 
resources, and expand the international influence of Jiangsu Traditional 
Chinese Medicine, which provides new thinking and direction for Chinese 
medicine to serve the global health cause. 

Dr. Mary Faria, President & CEO of AOMA Graduate School of Integrative 
Medicine, said in a video speech that AOMA Graduate School of Integrative 
Medicine has established a good cooperative partnership with the Foreign 
Affairs Office of Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, Jiangsu Province 
Hospital of Chinese Medicine and NJUCM. Through joint efforts to build Jiangsu 
Overseas Qihuang Talent Training Project, international talents of traditional 
Chinese medicine have been trained, sincere humanities exchanges have been 
promoted, the spread of traditional Chinese medicine around the world has been 
promoted, and deep friendship has been established. It is hoped that all sides 
will work together to build a platform for international exchanges and 
cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine and promote deeper exchanges and 
cooperation between China and the United States in the field of health care. 

During the opening ceremony, the icon of Jiangsu TCM, the little Shennong, was 
launched. The world premiere ceremony of the first Chinese and English version 
of Chinese medicine comic book Little Shennong's Herbal Adventure in China was 
held; the collection of overseas book donation activities of Little Shennong's 
Herbal Adventure was broadcast; the awarding ceremony of the Feeling the Pulse 
of TCM with Z Generation English short video contest for exploring Chinese 
medicine was held; NJUCM and Mae Fah Luang University, Sunsuria Group of 
Malaysia and Instituto Piaget held the signing ceremony of TCM "going global" 
projects. 

NJUCM, the national "Double First-class" discipline construction university, as 
the core strength in Jiangsu Provincial Chinese Medicine development, has been 
in the forefront of facilitating the internationalization of Chinese medicine.

Over the last sixty plus years, NJUCM with its affiliated hospitals has trained 
more than 30,000 international students. NJUCM world-renowned alumni include 
"The Father of European Chinese Medicine" Giovanni Maciocia, "The Father of 
Australian Chinese Medicine Legalization" Lin Tzi-Chiang, etc. 

NJUCM has established two Confucius Institutes for Traditional Chinese Medicine 
and eight overseas Chinese Medicine Centers. It has been designated as WHO 
Collaborating Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine for ten terms 
consecutively. The university has been selected as the first batch of National 
Base of Chinese Medicine Service Trade, and has established "Belt and Road" 
Chinese Medicine International Collaboration Base. It has the Chinese medicine 
clinics that have been the first to get the ISO 9001 certification. NJUCM has 
contributed greatly in facilitating Chinese medicine into the mainstream 
medical education system in Europe, and has dedicated to bringing health and 
well-being to people all over the world by using the advantages of traditional 
Chinese medicine. 

Source: The Organizing Committee of Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Medicine 
International Exchange Conference