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Law of the People's Republic of China on Traditional Chinese Medicine .

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Type of law
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Abstract
This Law is developed for purposes of inheriting and carrying forward traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), guaranteeing and promoting the development of the traditional Chinese medicine undertaking, and protecting the health of the people.
The Law consists of 9 Chapters: I. General Provisions; II. Traditional Chinese Medicine Services; III. Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Development; IV. Cultivation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Talents; V. Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Research; VI. Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance and Cultural Transmission; VII. Guarantee Measures; VIII. Legal Liability; IX Supplementary Provisions.
The state shall vigorously develop the TCM undertaking, carry out the principle of giving equal emphasis to TCM and western medicine, establish the management rules in compliance with TCM features, and maximize the role of TCM in the medicine and health undertaking of the state. The state shall strengthen the building of a TCM service system, make rational planning on and allocate TCM service resources, and provide guarantee for citizens' obtainment of TCM services.
The state encourages the development of standardized cultivation and breeding of traditional Chinese medicine, strictly manages the use of agricultural inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers, prohibits the use of highly toxic and highly toxic pesticides in the cultivation process of traditional Chinese medicine, supports the breeding of improved varieties of traditional Chinese medicine, and improves the quality of traditional Chinese medicine.
The state protects medicinal wild animal and plant resources, conducts dynamic monitoring and regular surveys thereof, establishes a germplasm gene bank for medicinal wild animal and plant resources, encourages the development of artificial planting and breeding, and supports the protection, breeding, and related research of precious and endangered medicinal wild animal and plant resources in accordance with the law.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
中华人民共和国中医药法.