Campus Digest

School of Chinese Medicine hosts Hong Kong Summit of Quality Control of Valuable Chinese Medicines

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

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Professor Jia Wei (4th right); Dr Ko Wing-man (3rd right); Professor Zhao Zhongzhen, Senior Consultant (Chinese Medicine) of the Department of Health and Professor Emeritus of SCM (2nd right); Professor Han Quanbin, Professor of the Teaching and Research Division at SCM (1st right); and other guests of the Summit.

 

The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) and the Hong Kong Authentication Centre of Valuable Chinese Medicines jointly organised the 2023 Hong Kong Summit of Quality Control of Valuable Chinese Medicines on campus on 29 October. The event attracted approximately 200 participants from the Government departments, Chinese medicine industry and academia.

The Submit was held to foster communications and collaborations, so as to further advance the standardisation and internationalisation of Chinese medicine. Distinguished scholars and experts delivered six insightful lectures, covering pertinent topics including the Hong Kong Centre for the Whole Industry Chain of Traditional Chinese Medicine; the Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute, Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards, and Survey on Chinese Medicinal Resources; a market-driven study and quality evaluation of Cordyceps products; and the chemical analysis of valuable Chinese medicines.

At the Summit, Dr Ko Wing-man, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said, “Hong Kong has unique advantages under the “one country, two systems” framework. We have laid a robust foundation for the internationalisation of Chinese medicine. Hong Kong has now embraced the mandate to create a dynamic trading platform for Chinese medicinal materials, with a goal to create synergies with the Mainland’s Chinese medicine sector and promote the internationalisation of Chinese medicine.”

In his remarks at the Opening Ceremony, Professor Jia Wei, Acting Dean of Chinese Medicine, said that modern medicine emphasises safety, efficacy, and quality control. In this regard, SCM is held in high esteem by different sectors of society for having cultivated talents skilled in the field of Chinese medicine quality control.