National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Chinese: 国家中医药管理局) is a state administration of the People's Republic of China under the jurisdiction of the National Health Commission (formerly the National Health and Family Planning Commission), responsible for the regulation of traditional Chinese medicine industry.

The current director is Wang Guoqiang.

History

A section for TCM was present in the PRC's Central Ministry of Health formed in 1949. The section was gradually extended to have more power, and in 1986 the State Council decided to form a NATCM.^[1]^[2]

The role and composition of NATCM was adjusted in 1998.^[3]

A larger change came about in 2018 as the State Council restructured the bureaucracy.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Scope

References

^ Yu, Shijian (2011-05-21). 国家中医药管理局历史沿革 [History of the NATCM]. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
^ State Council of the People's Republic of China (1986-07-20). 国务院关于成立国家中医管理局的通知（国发〔1986〕79号） [State Countil notification on establishing the NATCM (SC [1986] 79)].
^ General Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (1998-06-25). "State Office notification on provisions for nstitutions and staffing of the NATCM (SO Not. [1998] 95)" 国务院办公厅关于印发国家中医药管理局职能配置内设机构和人员编制规定的通知（国办发〔1998〕95号）.
^ 王勇 (2018-03-13). "关于国务院机构改革方案的说明——2018年3月13日在第十三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上". 中国人大网. Archived from the original on 2018-06-09.
^ "第十三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议关于国务院机构改革方案的决定". 中国人大网. 2018-03-17. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18.
^ "国务院机构改革方案". 中国人大网. 2018-03-17. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18.