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.