Recently, Henan Province launched the “Traditional Chinese Medicine Law Publicity Month” campaign.

Henan Province has explicitly mandated that all localities organize and carry out centralized publicity campaigns. Starting July 1, posters will be posted in bulletin boards at government offices, institutions, schools, communities, and other venues, and electronic posters will be displayed on scrolling screens, with the aim of actively promoting the Traditional Chinese Medicine Law to the general public.

At the same time, all localities are required to earnestly implement and enforce the Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine, conduct timely reviews and summaries of implementation progress, and further strengthen the enforcement of the Law and its supporting regulatory framework. In light of the legal safeguards highlighted by TCM’s role in COVID-19 prevention and control, efforts should be accelerated to formulate or revise local regulations on TCM, and exemplary practices and effective measures from across the country should be promptly publicized and shared.

Zhang Zhimin, Deputy Director of the Henan Provincial Health Commission, stated that since the implementation of the Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan has strengthened awareness of TCM–Western medicine collaboration in public health emergencies, improved relevant working mechanisms, and enhanced routine reserves of personnel, finances, and materials. The province has adhered to a principle of being prepared for both wartime and peacetime, integrating peacetime and wartime responses, and leveraging the vital role of TCM in the emergency response system for public health emergencies in a lawful, scientific, orderly, and effective manner.

Going forward, Henan Province will thoroughly implement the Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine, continuously strengthen TCM-based prevention and control of major epidemics, and integrate the collaborative mechanism between TCM and Western medicine into routine operational frameworks. The province will also carry out comprehensive public education on the Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine, ensuring that all TCM-related work is conducted in strict accordance with the law. It will earnestly study, rigorously abide by, and strictly enforce the law, and administer affairs in accordance with the law. In responding to public health emergencies, Henan will fully leverage the unique strengths of TCM, accelerate the infrastructure development of TCM hospitals and TCM departments in general hospitals, further enhance reserves of TCM emergency supplies and talent, comprehensively improve the emergency response and treatment capabilities of TCM hospitals, strengthen the development of a specialized TCM workforce, and build a high-caliber team dedicated to the prevention and control of TCM-related infectious diseases.

On July 1, a publicity campaign marking the third anniversary of the implementation of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Law of the People’s Republic of China, along with free TCM medical consultations, was held at Yunyan Square in Guiyang City, organized by the Guizhou Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Yu Hao, Party Secretary and Director of the Administration, and other officials attended the event.

The event promoted to the public the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Promoting the Inheritance, Innovation, and Development of TCM, and other related policies. At the venue, TCM experts from the First Affiliated Hospital and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as from Guiyang Xinglin Hospital of TCM Orthopedics and Traumatology, provided services such as blood pressure monitoring, blood glucose testing, and TCM constitution identification for residents. In addition, the event disseminated TCM health knowledge through explanations of the hospitals’ signature proprietary preparations, demonstrations and explanations of health-preserving exercises, distribution of TCM popularization materials and wellness guides, and the free distribution of TCM herbal sachets.

The event is co-organized by the Guiyang Municipal Health Commission and hosted by the Yunyan District Health Commission.