China News Service, Beijing, October 17 (Reporters Li Chun, Zhou Xin, Ma Shuaisha) The 2026 World Congress of Traditional Medicine kicked off in Beijing on the 17th. Luo Yilong, Director of the Health Bureau of the Macau SAR Government, said in an interview with the media that day that relying on institutional advantages, Macau continues to deepen the integrity and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine, build a bridge for international exchanges of traditional medicine, and serve the construction of Healthy China and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The theme of this World Congress of Traditional Medicine is "Technology Empowerment and Integrated Development: Promoting Traditional Medicine for Everyone". Luo Yilong believes that technological empowerment injects new impetus into the inheritance, innovation and development of traditional Chinese medicine. Big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies can further enhance the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine in the field of group health management, promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine services in the direction of standardization and personalization, and better adapt to the people's healthy life needs.
Luo Yilong said that Macao has now fully integrated traditional Chinese medicine into the medical service system, and "every Macao resident sees a traditional Chinese medicine doctor more than twice a year." In addition, Baduanjin and the concept of medicine and food originating from the same origin are actively promoted in the local community to continuously consolidate the public health foundation.
“Macao’s traditional Chinese medicine is developing vigorously and has made great progress in three aspects: cultural integration, medical services and industrial development.” Luo Yilong said that relying on the opportunities of Macao-Qin integration, we will give full play to the “Macao R&D and Hengqin production” model of traditional Chinese medicine, link up with the mainland’s high-quality medical resources, export products to the global market, and help traditional Chinese medicine go global.
Luo Yilong introduced that Macao has the "World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine", which actively promotes the overseas expansion of traditional Chinese medicine. In the past ten years, it has organized more than 30 inter-regional training workshops, contacted professionals from nearly 90 countries and regions, and promoted traditional Chinese medicine concepts and products to the outside world. At the same time, Macao has also actively assisted mainland and local pharmaceutical companies in overseas registration, and has gained implementation experience in countries such as Mozambique and Brazil. In the future, it will continue to play a role as a link between the mainland and the world.
Luo Yilong said that Macao will continue to align with the national development blueprint, continue to strengthen the international dissemination and industrial transformation of traditional Chinese medicine, and promote traditional medicine to benefit more people around the world.
