Editing Traditional Chinese medicine (section)

=== China (mainland) ===
The [[National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine]] was created in 1949, which then absorbed existing TCM management in 1986 with major changes in 1998.<ref name="IO4NJ">{{cite web|author1=State Council of the People's Republic of China|script-title=zh:国务院关于成立国家中医管理局的通知（国发〔1986〕79号）|trans-title=State Countil notification on establishing the NATCM (SC [1986] 79)|url=http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2012-07/25/content_6480.htm|date=1986-07-20|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604164832/http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2012-07/25/content_6480.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FwJ6J">{{cite web |author1=General Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China |script-title=zh:国务院办公厅关于印发国家中医药管理局职能配置内设机构和人员编制规定的通知（国办发〔1998〕95号） |trans-title=State Office notification on provisions for nstitutions and staffing of the NATCM (SO [1998] 95) |url=http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2010-11/18/content_7729.htm |date=1998-06-25 |access-date=31 March 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604164841/http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2010-11/18/content_7729.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

China's National People's Congress Standing Committee passed the country's first law on TCM in 2016, which came into effect on 1 July 2017. The new law standardized TCM certifications by requiring TCM practitioners to (i) pass exams administered by provincial-level TCM authorities, and (ii) obtain recommendations from two certified practitioners. TCM products and services can be advertised only with approval from the local TCM authority.<ref name="WebMD China TCM">{{cite web|title=China passes first law on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)|url=http://webmd.cn/en/china-passes-first-law-traditional-chinese-medicine-tcm/|publisher=WebMD China|date=28 December 2016|access-date=28 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828170102/http://webmd.cn/en/china-passes-first-law-traditional-chinese-medicine-tcm/|archive-date=28 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ready-to-use TCM preparations, also known as [[Chinese patent medicine]]s, are regulated by the [[National Medical Products Administration]] (and its predecessor CFDA) similar to preparations used in modern medicine since 1984. The barrier for entry, however, is much lower than medications based on modern/non-TCM principles; the rules allow for omitting clinical testing in a variety of circumstances.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=瞿礼萍 |author2=唐健元 |author3=张磊 |author4=杨忠奇 |author5=元唯安 |author6=王停 |author7=张永文 |author8=李耿 |script-title=zh:我国中药注册分类的历史演变,现状与问题 |trans-title=Historical evolution, current situation and problems in China's registration and classification of TCM preparations |journal=中国中药杂志 |date=2022 |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=562–568 |url=https://www.doc88.com/p-11673665249265.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=NMPA China |script-title=zh:附件1：中药、天然药物注册分类及申报资料要求 |trans-title=Attachment 1. Classification and Application Materials Requirements for Registration of Traditional Chinese Medicines and Natural Medicines |url=https://m.mofcom.gov.cn/article/bh/200707/20070704847505.shtml |website=m.mofcom.gov.cn |language=zh |date=2007}}</ref> As of 2025, the latest (2020) rules allow a simplified procedure for preparations derived from an approved list of "classic prescriptions".<ref>{{cite web |last1=NMPA China |script-title=zh:国家药监局关于发布《中药注册分类及申报资料要求》的通告 |trans-title=Announcement of the NMPA on the promulgation of the "Classification and Application Materials Requirements for Registration of Traditional Chinese Medicines" |url=https://www.catcm.org.cn/129/202009/1266.html |website=www.catcm.org.cn}}</ref>

The [[Healthcare in China|government-run healthcare system]] covers a number of TCM procedures and preparations. In 2021, a total of 7114.5 billion yuan went into healthcare, amounting for 6.59% of the year's national GDP. Of these, 1111.5 billion yuan went into covering costs associated with TCM preparations (0.97% of national GDP), with 592.4 billion yuan covering the actual medications.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=智 |first1=王 |script-title=zh:基于机构流向法的全国中医药总费用变化趋势及流向分析 |trans-title=Analysis on the trend and flow of total expenditure of traditional Chinese medicine in China based on the institutional flow method |journal=中国卫生经济 |date=October 2024 |volume=43 |issue=9 |pages=40–43 |url=http://www.cn-he.cn/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=1202312008&flag=1 |language=zh |issn=1003-0743}}</ref>