Sub-Committee 2 Meeting of Western Pacific Regional Forum for the Harmonization of Herbal Medicines held at UM

The Sub-Committee 2 Meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Forum for the Harmonization of Herbal Medicines (FHH) took place at the University of Macau (UM) from 27 to 29 October. Delegates from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam attended the meeting in person or online to discuss emerging issues in the harmonisation of standards and regulatory frameworks of herbal medicines within the Western Pacific region.

This was the first FHH meeting to be hosted by Macao since the establishment of the FHH Permanent Secretariat in the city. Speaking at the opening ceremony, UM Vice Rector Ge Wei said that UM will continue to leverage its strengths in quality research in Chinese medicine, promote the harmonisation of the standards of herbal medicines in the region, support the FHH Permanent Secretariat in strengthening cooperation among FHH members, and foster the development of FHH in the area of herbal medicine regulation.

Li Shaoping, head of the FHH Permanent Secretariat and Distinguished Professor at UM, presented a report on the harmonisation of the standards of herbal medicines. Delegates shared their progress in their respective herbal medicine regulatory systems. They also visited the UM Macao Centre for Testing of Chinese Medicine to explore opportunities for closer cooperation among FHH members.

The Sub-Committee 2 Meeting of FHH

A group photo