Promoting Chinese medicine in Thailand

Promoting the MSAR as a major centre for international co-operation in traditional medicine research was one of the themes of the Traditional Medicine Development Forum held in Bangkok, Thailand in the past two days.
With the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macao as one of the organisers, the Forum attracted some 200 traditional medicine professionals – from government official to medical experts – from Mainland China and Southeast Asia, according to a press release of the Park.
The Forum also gathered representatives from health ministries from country members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to discuss inter-regional co-operation in traditional medicine development.
A MSAR Government-backed project being developed in Hengqin, the Park is expected to be operational in the first half of this year. Currently, 10 investment projects from the MSAR have already signed land-leasing contracts with the Park.
The first phase of the establishment has already attracted RMB2.3 billion-worth (US$345.2 million/MOP2.7 billion) of investment. The project includes a testing centre, a research centre, and a genetically modified pilot plant.