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 Tong Chi Kin presents certificates to students of the training course
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Group photo of students and guests
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 Wei Zhao presents certificates to students of the training course

“With the step-by-step implementation of a series of programmes beneficial to the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Macao, Macao will be able to form a development system that integrates scientific research, education, training and development, in the field of Chinese medicine,” said Tong Chi Kin, president of the Administrative Committee of the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of Macao SAR, at the Certificate Presentation and Closing Ceremony for the Training Course in Chinese Medicine Quality Assurance 2012, held today (20 April) at Regency Hotel.

A certificate presentation and closing ceremony for the Training Course in Chinese Medicine Quality Assurance, which was organized by the Mainland and Macao Science and Technology Cooperation Committee, and hosted by the University of Macau and Macau University of Science and Technology’s joint State Key Laboratory for Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (QRCM Lab), was held today. The 5-day training course, aimed at enhancing Chinese medicine practitioners’ quality assurance and testing skills, attracted twenty-nine students from Macao and mainland China.

Tong Chi Kin said that Macao has made considerable progress in the field of Chinese medicine, as reflected in the successful application to establish the QRCM Lab, the Guangdong-Macao-cooperated science park in Chinese medicine on Hengqin Island, and the signing of a cooperation agreement on Chinese medicine with the World Health Organization. Tong said that with the step-by-step implementation of the abovementioned programmes which are beneficial to the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Macao, Macao will be able to form a development system that integrates scientific research, education, training and development, in the field of Chinese medicine. Tong expressed confidence that there are areas where Macao and the mainland can seek broader cooperation in Chinese medicine, as well as his hope that the two sides can combine their respective strengths and work together to advance the modernization and internationalization of Chinese medicine.

UM Rector Wei Zhao said that last year UM obtained approval from the central government and the Macao SAR government for the QRCM Lab, and created, in partnership with Peking University, Taiwan University and the University of Hong Kong, a centre for innovative drugs. He said these moves have elevated Chinese medicine research and development to a new level, and have made—and will continue to make contributions to industrial diversification of Macao as well as science and technology development in the Greater China region. Wei Zhao expressed his hope that this training course can serve as a bridge of communication, help to expand the scope of cooperation, and promote the prosperous development of the Chinese medicine industry in Macao and mainland China.

Other guests at the ceremony included Cheang Kun Wai and Chan Wan Hei, members of FDCT’s Administrative Committee; Li Wei, head of the Division of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs, China Science and Technology Exchange Centre; Yang Zhi, head of the Division of Chinese Medicine and Physicians of Chinese Medicine, China National Center for Biotechnology Development; Cheang Seng Ip, deputy director of the Health Bureau of Macao SAR; Chen Jinghong, president of the Guangdong-Macao Chinese Medicine Science Park Development Co. Ltd.; Prof. Wang Yitao, director of UM’s Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences and director of the QRCM Lab; and Prof. Liu Liang, vice rector of MUST.