China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(by Chinese)
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CATCM), inaugurated
on December 19, 1955, is the largest and most important national
center for research, health care and teaching in Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM) at the present time.
The Academy consists of the following institutions: Xi Yuan
Hospital (1st Institute of Clinical Medicine. The Institute of Medical
Literature, the Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese China.
At present, the total staffs of the Academy are over 4, 300, of
which more than 3,000 are scientific researchers. There are over 790
professors, associate professors of persons with equivalent
qualification, with a complete range of departments now at the Academy.
Approved by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, the
Academy has been authorized conferring master's degree in 17
specialists, and conferring doctor's degree in 11 specialists. Up to
now, 592 graduates with master's degree and 48 with doctor's degree
have been trained.
Splendid achievements have been obtained in developing TCM over the
last 40 years since the founding of the Academy. So far 612 research
projects have been completed, among which Qinghaosu (Artemisinin) has
been awarded the National Invention Prize, and 7 projects won the
National Scientific Progress Prize. In addition, 13 TCM specialists of
the Academy have been awarded diplomas of "Albert Einstein World Award
of Science" by World Cultural Council for their remarkable
achievements in scientific research.
The Academy serves as an important garden plot for academic and
information exchanges in TCM, academic publications for both domestic
and overseas distributions are as follows: The Journal of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and
Western Medicine, Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, China Journal of
Chinese Materia Medica, and Chinese Journal of Medical History.
In cooperation with the World Health Organization, the Academy has
established 3 collaborating centers for traditional medicine,
acupuncture and moxibustion, and Chinese materia medica in recent years.
Specialists and scholars of the Academy have been constantly sent
abroad for lectures, advanced studies and attending international
academic conferences. At the same time, medical experts from more than
100 countries and regions have been invited to the academy for visits
and lectures.
Scientific research is the major task of China Academy of
Traditional Chinese Medicine. During the past forty years since the
founding of the academy, splendid achievements have been obtained
through the unity and the concerted efforts of all members of the
academy in various fields of traditional Chinese medicine, such as
basic theory, Chinese materia medica, all clinical branches,
acupuncture and moxibustion, acupuncture anesthesia, meridian theory,
history of medicine and medical literature, medical information and
library science. Encouraging advances have been attained in the
studies of treatment and prevention of many major refractory diseases
through cooperative research during the 7th and the 8th Five Year Plan
periods.
The academy consists of 8 institutes and 3 hospitals for clinical
studies. Besides, there are 3 key laboratories of State Administration
of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the academy, namely China Center
for Traditional Chinese Medical Literature Retrieval, P3 Laboratory,
and Meridian Laboratory. Currently, the academy undertakes the State
Climbing Program "Research on Meridians" and 22 projects of the
National Key R&D Program as well as 200 research projects above
academy level.
By the end of June, 1995, the academy had totally obtained 612
scientific achievements on TCM. The invention of new anti-malaria drug
arteannuin was awarded National Invention Prize, the study on
dihydroarteannuin was awarded National Top Ten Scientific and
Technological Achievements Prize, 7 projects were awarded National
Scientific Progress Prize, and 137 were awarded Scientific Progress
Prize of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Two
professors of the academy were elected respectively academician of
China Academy of Science and academician of China Academy of
Engineering. In view of the distinguished contributions made by the
TCM scientists, World Cultural Council has awarded 13 specialists of
the academy diplomas of "Albert Einstein World Award of Science" for
their remarkable achievements in the research work of TCM.
In order to promote the integration of scientific research and
economy and speed up the transformation of scientific achievements
the academy developed a market especially for scientific and
technological achievement. Since 1992, the academy has sponsored
successively 3 supply and demand fairs for scientific and
technological achievements and set up cooperative relations with 30
factories, all of which represent the progress of the academy in
combining the TCM scientific and technological research with economic
construction.
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, after developing
for 40 years, processes the following 9 medical institutes, namely Xi
Yuan Hospital, Guang An Men Hospital, the Hospital of Orthopedics and
Traumatology, the Hospital of Ophthalmology, Great Wall Hospital, the
Clinic of the Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, the Clinic of
the Institute of Basic Theory of TCM, the Clinic of China Academy of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the Affiliated Hospital of the
Beijing College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Orthopedics
-Traumatology. There are totally 1351 ward beds and the number of
outpatients totals more than one million annually.
In the early stage of the academy, a lot of veteran TCM doctors
were invited to the academy from all over the country and they made
great contributions to the academy's construction and development. At
present, all the component units of the academy are comprehensive TCM
clinical institutions combining clinical work, scientific research and
medical teaching as a whole. Among them, Xi Yuan Hospital and Guang An
Men Hospital are not only National First Grade of Third Class TCM
Hospitals and National Model TCM Hospitals, but also national bases of
clinical research on pharmacology of Chinese herbs and constituent
part of WHO collaborating center for traditional medicine. The
institutions of the academy are comprised of the clinical departments
of internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, acupuncture and
moxibustion, anoprotology, dermatology, oncology, urology, orthopedics
and traumatology, Tuina (massage), ophthalmology, ENT, stomatology,
Qigong and critical medicine. Moreover, the Orthopedics-Traumatology
Hospital, the Hematology Department and Gerontology Department of Xi
Yuan Hospital, and the Oncology Department of Guang An Men Hospital
have been designated as the key constructive units of national
specialized TCM centers. In these hospitals, under the supervision of
well-known veteran TCM doctors, clinics for treatment of special
diseases have been set up. The academy is equipped with lots of large
-scale sophisticated medical devices, such as Computerized Tomography
(CT), Ultrasound Colour Doppler Flow Imaging System, Hemodialysis
Center, and Flow Cytomatry System, etc.
The medical works of the academy, with their own special features,
by employing TCM therapy supplemented by modern diagnostic and
therapeutic measures, have achieved remarkable results in the
treatment of intractable diseases, and thus, they have own a good
reputation at home and abroad. Lots of patients from many countries
and regions have come to the academy for treatment. The clinical work
of the academy has not only relieved thousands of patients from
torments and sufferings of diseases, but also laid a solid foundation
for its further scientific research.
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine has always given
first priority of education and cultivation of talents. Since its
founding, the academy has made every effort to establish a multi-level
education system.
In the sphere of in-service continuing education, approved by the
Ministry of Public Health, National TCM Training Course for Western
Medicine Doctors, International Acupuncture Training Center, Chinese
Medical History Training Course and Chinese Medical Literature
Training Course have been established and have cultivated a large
number of professional staff. In sphere of formal medical education,
an education system of three levels, i.e., secondary school,
undergraduate courses and postgraduate courses, has been established.
The Health School, founded in 1980, has trained, 1200 primary health
workers in nursing and medical technology. The Institute of
Orthopedics and Traumatology was set up in 1984. It got the right to
hand out bachelor's degrees in 1991; more than 300 university-level
students have graduated. The Department of TCM Postgraduates was
founded in 1978 and set to enroll postgraduates for master's degree in
17 professions. Up to July, 1995, the academy had enrolled 592
postgraduates; 534 had graduated and 530 had won master's degree.
Postgraduates for doctorate in 10 professions have been enrolled since
1984. Up to July, 1995, the academy has enrolled 81 candidates for
doctorate; 48 had graduated and 48 had won doctorate. Since 1993, the
postgraduate education has been involved in the exchange programs with
Hong Kong, Taiwan and some foreign countries. Now, there are 14
overseas postgraduates and 2 postgraduates from Taiwan. For
cultivating high-level young talents of science and technology,
approved by the State, the academy has established a post- doctorate
mobile station. Besides in-service continuing education and formal
medical education, for inheriting the experiences of the well- known
veteran TCM doctors, the academy has adopted an apprenticeship system
of education and cultivated 20 inheritors.
By adopting various types of education, the academy has cultivated
a large number of medical staff, who are striving for rejuvenation of
the cause of TCM on their respective working posts.
In the 40 years since the founding of the academy, especially
since the adopting of opening-up policy, the international exchange
activities of the academy have increased day by day. The depth of the
international exchange have been unceasingly deepened and the scope
enlarged.
With the increasing growth of the influence of the academy in
international traditional medicine circles, more and more physicians,
scholars, as well as national leaders and government officials have
come from abroad to visit the academy and to take part in the TCM
academic exchange activities of various kinds. A large number of
overseas patients have come to the academy to seek medical
treatment. The number of guests visiting the academy and receiving
treatment amounts to more than 3,000 each yea. At the same time, in
the past few years, the scientific personal and medical workers have
often been invited to go abroad, attending international academic
conferences of symposiums, and conducting exchange activities in
different fields of TCM. The number of them averages 200 each year. In
addition, the academy has trained 4,000 acupuncturists and
orthopedists for 100 countries. To date, the academy has established
academic relations and cooperations with the major scientific research
institutions, colleges and universities, as well as TCM research
institutions in more than 20 countries. Medical care and scientific
research centers have been set up in succesion in more than 10
countries and regions, including Japan, Britain, Spain, Malaysia,
Tailand, Tanzania and so on.
The library of China Academy of TCM is the largest TCM library in
China. It has a collection of more than 300, 000 volumes of TCM
books and periodicals, among which 60,000 volumes are ancient medical
books, including precious, rare and unique editions.
Compilation and publication of academic journals, monographs on
TCM occupy an important position in the tasks of the academy. There
are more than 15 periodicals on TCM openly published nationwide
and abroad, including comprehensive academic periodicals such as
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Journal of
Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, and specialized academic
periodicals such as China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese
Acupuncture and Moxibusion, Acupuncture Research, China Journal of
Orthopedics and Traumatology, Chinese Journal of Medical History,
Chinese Journal of Information on TCM, Foreign Medical Sciences-TCM
Section, Chinese Journal of Basic Theory on Traditional Chinese
Medicine, Abstracts of Chinese Medical Sciences-TCM Section, etc. .
All these periodical reflect the current progress and achievements
in the systematization, exploration, and research of TCM with modern
scientific methods, and attract the attentions of the medical circles
and the readers at home and abroad.
To save the valuable ancient medical books from being extinct, the
Publishing House of Ancient Chinese Medical Books has actively sorted
out and published more than 500 kinds of precious, rare and unique
ancient medical books, making a great contribution to the flourishing
and dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine.
- Scientific Research Units
- The 1st Institute of Clinical Medicine
- The 2nd Institute of Clinical Medicine
- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica
- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
- Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology
- Institute of Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Institute for the History of Medicine and Medical Literature
- Institute of Information of Traditional
Chinese Medicine
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
- Institute of Gerontology
- Institute of Ophthalmology
Medical Experimental Animal Center
- Clinical Units
- Xi Yuan Hospital
- Guang An Men Hospital
- Ophthalmological Hospital
- The Hospital of Orthopedics and Traumatology
- Great Wall Hospital
- Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Clinic of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
- Clinic of Institute of Basic Theory of TCM
- Educational Units
- Department of Graduates
- Training Center
- Training Base of TCM for Western Medical Doctors
- Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center
- Beijing College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and
Orthopedics-Traumatology
back
if any question or suggestion, please contact
with us.the hospital is in appreciation of your offer.
address: Guang An Men Hospitol
affiliated to China Academy of
Traditional Chinese Medicine,Beijing,China
postal code: 100053
tel: 86-010-63014195
fax: 86-010-63014195
email: Gamhkycy@netchina.co.cn
This HTML document was created by Wang yinghui 96-10-18