Over the past few years, the country has been aggressively promoting TCM on the international stage both for expanding its global influence and for a share of the estimated US$50-billion global market. Medical-tourism hotspots in China are drawing tens of thousands of foreigners for TCM. Overseas, China has opened TCM centres in more than two dozen cities, including Barcelona, Budapest and Dubai in the past three years, and pumped up sales of traditional remedies. （Why Chinese medicine is heading for clinics around the world, by Nature）
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Backing by a history of thousands of years, TCM is proud treasure of China. Improving and strengthening protection of IPR of TCM, will provide legal protection for TCM “going out”, and promote innovative development of TCM.
（Editor Li Xingyi）
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