It’s time to build a strong province of traditional Chinese medicine | Write a new chapter in the high-quality development of Nanyang traditional Chinese medicine


Aerial view of the Nanyang Medical Saint Cultural Park project. The Medical Saint Cultural Park will open on May 12, 2024.

Traditional Chinese medicine beverage packaging workshop of Henan Zhiyuantang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Photo by Chen Xingang

  mugwort grown in fields. Photo by Quan Zhaoyang

When Mother Pei of the Chrysanthemum Planting Base in Neixiang County, Nanyang City heard this, she showed a strange expression and looked at her son intently, without speaking for a long time. Aerial View. Nanyang has now built 22 standardized planting bases.

 Scene of the Sixth China AI Industry Development Conference. Since its launch in Nanyang in 2017, the China Artemisia Industry Development Conference has been held once a year and has been held for six times.

□ Reporter Zeng Qian Correspondent Cui Songtao Liu Chao

In May 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection and investigation in Nanyang that we must do a good job in keeping integrity, innovation, inheritance and development, and actively promote traditional Chinese medicine.Research and innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s sincere entrustment and concern and attention to the traditional Chinese medicine industry in Nanyang have inspired Nanyang traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to continue to work hard to inherit, innovate and develop traditional Chinese medicine.

In recent years, Nanyang has anchored the goal of building the province’s traditional Chinese medicine cultural inheritance and development center, striving to create “two places and one city” (a global holy land of traditional Chinese medicine, a national highland of traditional Chinese medicine, and a national famous capital of traditional Chinese medicine), and vigorously promote traditional Chinese medicine High-quality development has opened up a new situation for the revitalization and development of traditional Chinese medicine.

Focus on promoting and re-establishing the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine

Nanyang is the hometown of medical saints, the birthplace of Zhongjing culture, and an important birthplace of traditional Chinese medicine culture. It is an advanced city in grassroots traditional Chinese medicine work in the country and a national comprehensive reform experimental zone of traditional Chinese medicine.

In order to promote the re-establishment of the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, promote the simultaneous advancement of traditional Chinese medicine culture, undertakings, and industries, and form a new development pattern of traditional Chinese medicine based in Nanyang, driving surrounding areas, and radiating to the entire province, in January 2019, Nanyang innovated the system and mechanism, taking the lead in the country The Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Bureau will be established and listed as one of the 36 working departments of the municipal government alongside the Health Commission, so as to build a medical and health care system that places equal emphasis on both traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Subsequently, traditional Chinese medicine development bureaus were successively established in 13 counties (cities, districts) under its jurisdiction.

Inherit innovation and continue to explore. In recent years, Nanyang has based on its own advantages, given full play to the role of the traditional Chinese medicine management system and mechanisms, and made overall plans to promote traditional Chinese medicine work. The Nanyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have listed “Strengthening the City with Traditional Chinese Medicine” as the city’s development strategy, systematically planned and deployed the medium- and long-term development path of traditional Chinese medicine, continued to promote the transformation and upgrading of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, and promoted the integrated development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries of traditional Chinese medicine.

To this end, the municipal government has specially established the Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Working Committee with the mayor as the director and the mayor in charge as the deputy director, so as to form a work synergy and improve work efficiency. The revitalization and development of traditional Chinese medicine has been included in the performance evaluation matters of the municipal party committee and municipal government, and will be investigated and investigated by the municipal people’s congress and municipal government during the agreement period, and will be promoted collaboratively.

In addition, Nanyang has introduced a number of supporting development policies for the construction of the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Comprehensive Reform Pilot Zone, and introduced 22 supporting measures in 7 aspects including financial investment and medical insurance policies. With institutional and mechanism innovation as the core, we should tap the reform potential and solve the problem of revitalizing and developing traditional Chinese medicine in the city. At the same time, Nanyang has implemented six major landmark projects to build a strong engine for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. The Nanyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have established the “project is king” concept in the construction of the experimental zone, planned more than 50 key projects of traditional Chinese medicine, and made every effort to promote the preparation and construction of Henan Medical College. Entering Pei’s mother’s room, she saw Cai Xiu and Cai Yi standing in the room, while Pei’s mother was covered with a quilt, eyes closed, lying motionless on the bed. Projects, National Traditional Chinese Medicine (Orthopaedics) Regional Medical Center Construction Project, Medical Saint Cultural Park Project, Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital New Campus Construction Project, “Zhang Zhongjing Laboratory” Construction Project, and Mugwort Industrial Park Construction Project.

In September 2023, Nanyang City released the “Nanyang City High-Quality Development Action Plan for Traditional Chinese Medicine” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”).The “Plan” proposes that Nanyang’s development goals are to create a “global traditional Chinese medicine holy land, a national traditional Chinese medicine highland, and a national famous traditional Chinese medicine capital” (referred to as “two places and one city”), build the province’s traditional Chinese medicine cultural inheritance and development center, and promote Nanyang traditional Chinese medicine High-quality development of careers, industries, and culture. From 2023 to 2025, the province’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Inheritance and Development Center will be basically formed, and its influence, radiation, and driving force will be significantly improved; a high-quality and efficient Traditional Chinese Medicine service system for cities, counties, townships, and villages will be built, and Nanyang’s Traditional Chinese Medicine medical level will reach the level of the entire province At the forefront, major projects such as the Medical Saint Cultural Park, the reconstruction of Zhang Zhongjing Chinese Medical University, and the National Traditional Chinese Medicine (Orthopaedics) Regional Medical Center have achieved their expected goals; the annual output value of Nanyang’s traditional Chinese medicine industry has doubled, and 2 companies with an annual output value of over 3 billion yuan and 5 companies with annual output values ​​have been cultivated. There are traditional Chinese medicine companies with an output value of over 500 million yuan, and 15 mugwort companies with an annual output value of over 100 million yuan. By 2030, Nanyang will basically become “two places and one city”, and the annual output value of the traditional Chinese medicine industry will reach 100 billion…

“These measures to improve the management system and mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine have solidified the foundation for development and provided directional guidance, policy guidance, and legal and regulatory protection for the development of traditional Chinese medicine, industrial development, cultural inheritance, and prosperity.” Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Cui Shuke, Director of the Development Bureau, said.

Dare to act and build the entire industrial chain of traditional Chinese medicine

The hustle and bustle of the Spring Festival has not yet dissipated. When I walked into Nanyang Wancheng Aijiayuan Pharmaceutical Group, the fragrance of mugwort hit my nose. In the exhibition hall, moxa velvet sticks, mugwort home textiles, mugwort moxibustion patches, and fully automatic purifiers There is a dazzling array of moxibustion beds and other moxibustion products.

In recent years, relying on Nanyang’s profound cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine, the group has attached great importance to the research and development of Ai products, registered the “Aijiayuan” product trademark, equipped a R&D team of 20 people, and invested about 2 million yuan in R&D funds every year. Zhai Fei, general manager of the group, said that the group currently has more than 300 kinds of moxa products in 7 categories. In 2021, the group invested another 4 million yuan to establish a mugwort laboratory and obtained a drug production license.

“The fully automatic smoke-purifying moxibustion bed independently developed by the company has been recognized by the majority of peers and loved by customers. The smoke-purifying moxibustion bed grafts the three-way catalytic system used in automobiles to treat exhaust gas to a moxibustion instrument to treat moxa smoke. , which not only ensures the function of traditional moxibustion treatment with open fire and open smoke, but also solves the problem of moxa smoke emission. This technology has obtained the national utility model invention patent.” Zhai Fei said, “At present, the group has obtained more than 40 patents. The next step is , the group will make Nanyang Ai, a local specialty industry bigger and stronger, and is determined to launch brands such as ‘World Ai Township’, ‘Nanyang Ai’ and ‘Zhongjing Moxibustion’.”

The development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry has led more and more traditional Chinese medicine companies in Nanyang to devote themselves to the research and development of new products. Nanyang Zhongjing Baixin Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. is a company that integrates the cultivation of medicinal materials, the production of traditional Chinese medicine pieces, and the research and development and production of “medicine and food with the same origin” health food. It aims to develop the domestic first-class health industry. Food R&D and production enterprise. The company has successively passed the National High-tech Enterprise, Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Engineering Technology Research Center,It is recognized as a Provincial Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Science and Technology Innovation Demonstration Enterprise, a Provincial “Science and Technology Little Giant Cultivation” Enterprise, and a Provincial Science and Technology Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Registration Enterprise. It has strong scientific research and development capabilities. Currently, it has registered “Zhongshengbao, Jianshengbao, Zhongshengbaicao, It has more than 70 trademarks including “Badawan Medicine”, and has been approved for 3 invention patents, 22 utility model patents and multiple software copyrights.

In order to improve the traditional Chinese medicine industry chain, Nanyang City actively cultivates “unicorns” in the automated processing equipment industry of AI products. The fully automatic in-line production system independently developed by Punova Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. is more than 6 times more efficient than the semi-automatic winding machine. At present, the company has obtained 23 invention patents and utility model patents, forming a one-stop industrial structure of independent design, product processing and manufacturing, and product equipment, filling the gap in the domestic market, with a market share of more than 90%.

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Her beauty in the sun really surprised and amazed him, but the strange thing was that he had never seen her before, but the feeling then and now were really different. In terms of the layout of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, Nanyang aims to become a “National Capital of Traditional Chinese Medicine” and is driven by the “Six Strategy” to cultivate the traditional Chinese medicine industry ecology around “3113” (three parks, one corridor, one valley, and three areas). , build and improve the modern industrial chain of traditional Chinese medicine, and achieve new breakthroughs in the development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry.

Plant “famous medicine” and create a high-quality authentic medicinal material planting base. Relying on the rich ecological resources of “two mountains and two sources”, the “Wanyao” revitalization plan has been implemented. 83 varieties of Chinese medicinal materials have been planted in the city, with a planting area of ​​2 million acres. 22 “standardized planting bases for Chinese medicinal materials” and 25 “roads” have been built. “Ecological Planting Base of Local Medicinal Materials”, 11 “Customized Medicine Gardens”, 8 “Authentic Medicinal Materials Improved Breeding Bases”, cultivated 10 characteristic towns of Chinese medicinal materials, and 7 Chinese medicinal materials distribution markets (bases). The annual output value of Chinese medicinal material cultivation is nearly 10 billion yuan.

To create a “famous enterprise” and create a modern Chinese medicine production base of Zhongjing Jingfang. Guided by leading enterprises such as Zhongjing Wanxi and Henan Fusen, we will cultivate enterprises with an output value of tens of billions. At present, there are 55 modern traditional Chinese medicine companies in the city, including 31 that have obtained GMP certification, 1 listed company, and 4 companies listed on the New OTC Market. At the same time, the largest public service platform for modern traditional Chinese medicine R&D in Nanyang City has been built in the province. The annual sales revenue of traditional Chinese medicine products exceeds 20 billion yuan.

Build a “famous garden” and create a modern traditional Chinese medicine industrial park. Integrate the superior resources of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises and promote the construction of traditional Chinese medicine enterprise industrial parks. Relying on counties and districts, a number of mugwort industrial parks will be built in Wolong District, Sheqi County and other places to build a national mugwort product trading center (market). Zhongjing Modern Traditional Chinese Medicine Industrial Park is planned and constructed in Nanyang China-Europe Industrial Park. At the same time, the construction of Neptune Dongsen Traditional Chinese Medicine Logistics Park and Southwest Henan (Nanyang) Traditional Chinese Medicine Logistics Base will be promoted.

Cultivate “famous Ai” and build a world Ai township. Implementing a plan to double the high-quality development of the mugwort industry, the mugwort planting area is nearly 300,000 acres, and there are 1,551 mugwort planting and processing companies registered in the city.There are 393 service institutions and 3132 wholesale and retail institutions. There are more than 200 varieties of moxa products in 6 categories, accounting for more than 70% of the national market. In 2022, 140 tons of moxa products will be exported, and the annual output value of the moxa industry will be 15 billion yuan. It has created a number of leading mugwort enterprises such as Xiancao and Yaoyibao. Nanyang has become a veritable national mugwort raw material distribution center, a national mugwort product production and processing base, a national mugwort industry innovation research and development center, and a mugwort full industry chain equipment manufacturing base. The brand of “World Ai Township” is being launched.

Organize “famous exhibitions” and build a traditional Chinese medicine exhibition brand. The 15th Zhang Zhongjing Medical Culture Festival, the 10th Zhongjing Forum and the 6th China Artemisia Industry Development Conference were successfully held, promoting Zhongjing Jingfang, authentic Wanyu and the development results of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, and through “forum + exhibition sales + procurement” Transaction + project investment signing” and other methods to promote the implementation of high-quality traditional Chinese medicine projects and develop the “exhibition economy” of traditional Chinese medicine.

Create a “famous city” and create a health and wellness capital. Cultivate the new “TCM +” health industry format, and build 10 “Henan Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Tourism Demonstration Bases” and 20 “Henan Province Wellness Tourism Demonstration Villages” in Xixia Nanzhao. The Nanyang Zhongjing Health Medicinal Diet Association was established to standardize and guide the development of the medicated diet industry. The Nanyang Zhongjing Health Medicinal Diet Competition was held to select Nanyang Zhongjing’s famous health preserving medicated dishes, and chain institutions such as Wangfu Hotel, Nanyang Hotel Fuxing Kangshan Banquet, and Zhongjing Yinzi Shop emerged. Various medical institutions have taken the lead in promoting traditional Chinese medicine diet, developing medicated dishes, traditional Chinese medicine milk tea, chrysanthemum, burdock, cassia tea, polygonatum wolfberry tea and other specialty tea drinks, as well as pastries and medicated diets, which are very popular among the masses.

“Currently, the development of Nanyang’s traditional Chinese medicine industry has achieved remarkable results. The traditional Chinese medicine industry chain has been listed as the city’s pillar industry chain, and the annual output value of traditional Chinese medicine has reached 40 billion yuan.” Cui Shuke said that in 2024, Nanyang’s traditional Chinese medicine work will be based on the party’s Guided by the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Nanyang, with the theme of “high-quality development” and the creation of “two places and one city” as the starting point, the “Special Action to Improve the Inheritance and Innovation Capacity of Traditional Chinese Medicine” was implemented. The four major special actions, “Special Action to Cultivation of a Billion Industry”, “Special Action to Promote Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture” and “Special Action for International Cooperation and Exchange”, have promoted the inheritance, innovation and development of traditional Chinese medicine to a new level.