The 2026 World Congress of Traditional Medicine will be held: international speakers account for 60%

China News Service, Beijing, October 9 (Reporter Li Chun) Huang Luqi, deputy director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China and leader of the preparatory working group for the 2026 World Congress of Traditional Medicine, introduced in Beijing on the 9th that the 2026 World Congress of Traditional Medicine will be held at the National Convention Center in Beijing from October 17 to 18 this year. The proportion of international speakers at this conference reached 60%.

On the same day, the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government held a press conference for the 2026 World Congress of Traditional Medicine. Huang Luqi said at the meeting that the theme of this conference is "Technology Empowerment and Integrated Development: Promoting Traditional Medicine for Everyone". It will comprehensively display the latest development results of the world's traditional medicine represented by traditional Chinese medicine, demonstrate China's pragmatic measures to promote the high-quality development of traditional medicine, highlight the important role of traditional medicine in global health governance, deepen the recognition of traditional medicine from all walks of life at home and abroad, and contribute to promoting the integrated development of traditional medicine and modern medicine and serving to build a human health community.

Huang Luqi introduced that so far, this conference has invited 92 overseas experts and scholars and 62 domestic experts and scholars to participate in the conference to give academic reports, and the proportion of international report guests has reached 60%. They will bring 154 high-level speeches and reports as well as multiple exchanges and dialogues, covering multiple fields such as traditional medicine, the integration of traditional medicine and modern medicine, and the intersection of traditional medicine and modern technology.

Talking about the highlights of this conference, Qin Huaijin, secretary-general of the World Congress of Traditional Medicine and leader of the preparatory working group for the 2026 World Congress of Traditional Medicine, said that this conference will regard artificial intelligence’s empowerment of traditional medicine as an important topic. Through forum discussions, results presentations, and report releases, it will comprehensively demonstrate that modern technology represented by artificial intelligence has injected new momentum into the inheritance, innovation and development of traditional medicine.

According to the press conference, the 2026 World Congress of Traditional Medicine is co-sponsored by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Health Commission, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the State Food and Drug Administration, and is jointly organized by the World Health Organization.