Under the theme of Developmental Strategy for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the 379th session of the Xiangshan Science Conferences convened from July 6 to 8 in Beijing.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an important part of the splendid Chinese civilization of 5,000 years, has contributed to vigorous and prosperous development of Chinese nation. To meet people¡¯s increasing need for health and medical service, we are obligated to promote the modernization and internationalization of TCM by taking good advantage of modern science and technology while carrying forward its unique features.
There is an ever growing demand for TCM. Its philosophy ¡°humanity, society, and nature form a unified whole¡± conforms to the modern ideology of harmonious existence between humanity and nature, which receives worldwide attention and offers a precious opportunity for TCM development. Although outstanding achievements have been made, TCM is facing bottleneck issues in research into its advantages, features and modernization. To solve these problems, multidisciplinary studies are urgently needed. The involvement, support and cooperation from various disciplines are essential for TCM modernization and its development.
The 379th session of Xiangshan Science Conferences was to: analyze major progress and problems of TCM modernization, the generalities and differences between TCM thinking and modern science approach, and the possible breakthrough points for TCM modernization; facilitate reference for government departments in their future planning of TCM; provide guidance for researchers from different fields to reach consensus and make united and common efforts toward laying a theoretical foundation for in-depth TCM basic research and revealing scientific connotation of TCM theory.
Experts and scholars from various disciplines were be invited to have in-depth discussions on: (1) basic research into frontier issues of Chinese medicine; (2) basic research into frontier issues of Chinese pharmacology; (3) basic research into frontier issues of acupuncture; and (4) basic and interdisciplinary studies of TCM.
Co-executive Chairs:
ZHANG Boli, professor, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
LIU Depei, research professor, Chinese Academy of Engineering
WANG Yongyan, research professor, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Keynote Review Reports
Frontier issues and directions of TCM basic research (ZHANG Boli)
Frontier of life science development and its demand on TCM (LIU Depei)
Review Reports on Central Topics
Visceral manifestation theory and standardized studies of TCM syndrome (WANG Yongyan)
Problems for TCM modernization and suggested solutions (CHEN Kaixian)
Applied basic research based on clinical efficacy of acupuncture (SHI Xuemin)
Herb genomics and frontier studies of herbal medicine (CHEN Shilin
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