Policies and Problems of Modernizing Ethnomedicine in China: A Focus on the Yi and Dai Traditional Medicines of Yunnan Province
Table 1
History of Chinese ethnomedicine policy.
Time
Policy outline
Promulgator
1951
Ethnic minorities health work plan of China
Unknown
1984
Several opinions on strengthening ethnic minorities work
Ministry of Health and NEAC
1997
Decision on health reform and development
CPC Central Committee and the State Council
2002
Decision on further strengthening rural health work
CPC Central Committee and the State Council
2003
Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine
The State Council
2007
Guiding opinions on strengthening the development of ethnomedicine
11 ministries including NATCM
2017
The law of the People’s Republic of China on traditional Chinese medicine
NPC standing committee
2018
Some opinions on strengthening the ethnomedicine work in the new era
13 ministries including NATCM
NEAC: National Ethnic Affairs Commission of PRC (China); CPC Central Committee: the Central Committee of the Communist Party; NATCM: National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of PRC (China); NPC: National People’s Congress.