The Origin and Origin of World Traditional Medicine Day

199 1 10 In June, state administration of traditional chinese medicine and the World Health Organization jointly held an international conference on traditional medicine. Vice President of the State announced the opening of the meeting, State Councilor Li delivered an opening speech on behalf of the government of China, and traditional medicine experts from more than 40 countries and regions and senior officials of the Ministry of Health from 22 countries attended the meeting.

The conference received 22 18 academic papers from 2/kloc-0 countries and regions.

General Secretary Jiang Zemin's inscription is "Carry forward the excellent national culture and revitalize the cause of Chinese medicine";

Premier Li Peng's inscription is "Developing traditional medicine to serve people's health".

During the meeting, Li Peng met with WHO Director-General Nakajima Hiroshi and more than 65,438+0,000 Chinese and foreign representatives.

The meeting unanimously adopted the "Beijing Declaration" with the theme of "Human health needs traditional medicine", suggesting that 65438+1October 22nd every year be designated as World Traditional Medicine Day.