Pharmacists pack and sell Chinese medicine at the Hu Qingyutang Chinese Medicine Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by Feng Chonglin/chinadaily.com.cn] BEIJING -- The Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) evidence-based medical center, the world's first organization of such kind, was officially established Tuesday in the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS). The center will pool together efforts of CACMS and other organizations like Beijing University of Chinese Medicine for TCM evidence-based research. Evidence-based medicine is a widely-used approach in medical practice that is intended to optimize decision-making in treating individual patients by emphasizing the use of evidence from well-designed and well conducted research. Under this approach, clinical evidence serves as the main basis for evaluating effectiveness and safety of treatment. Though increasingly recognized around the world, TCM still lacks evidence justifying its clinical effectiveness and safety, which according to experts hinders it from going global. Evidence-based medical studies evaluate the clinical verifiability and effectiveness of a medical theory with scientific examination and analysis, said Huang Luqi, academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and head of CACMS, at a Tuesday event marking the center's establishment. Combining evidence-based medical studies and TCM's features will help enhance clinical effectiveness of TCM, as well as provide opportunities for TCM to prove its medical values to the world, Huang said. Former Director-General of World Health Organization Margaret Chan said TCM had served the health needs of people in China and beyond for several thousand years and its safety and effectiveness deserved to be recognized. There should not be barriers between TCM and western medicine, which both should join forces to serve people's health needs, she said. nike silicone braceletsevent wristbands torontocolored rubber bands for braceletswhat are those rubber band bracelets calledsilicon bracelets
Beijing on Thursday said that reports about denying Australian officials visas to China are groundless and do not exist.Reuters quoted the Australian Financial Review as saying this week China had denied visas to Australian government officials to attend a major trade show.Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged on Thursday that legislation aimed at preventing foreign interference in politics had soured ties with China.China always insists on developing friendly relations with other countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, Geng said at a daily news briefing."Any allegation saying China is intervening or infiltrating other countries is totally baseless and has ulterior motives," he said, adding that he hopes the relevant sides will respect objective facts and correctly view China's development.He also noted that healthy and stable China-Australia relations conform to the interests of their people, and hopes Australia will work in the same direction with China.China hopes Australia do more to promote mutual trust and bilateral cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and equal treatment to ensure that China-Australia relations move forward on the right track, he added.
