A conference delegate tries out a sensor system used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Developing traditional Chinese medicine is a national strategy, and the nation wants to push for communication and cooperation with other countries to drive more innovation in this field and tackle critical diseases of the human race, the conference was told.

China will continue to work with the International Organization for Standardization and WHO on determining and publishing international standards of technology, service, terminology and products of TCM so that it can reach more people in the world.

Chinese TCM scholars at the conference recounted success stories of TCM benefiting people in disease prevention and driving down medical expenditure.