推动中医药发展，香港迈出关键一步

Core Insights - The Hong Kong government has released its first "Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Blueprint," outlining a vision and strategy for the future development of TCM in Hong Kong, marking a new stage of comprehensive, high-quality growth in the sector [1][2]. Group 1: Blueprint Framework - The blueprint consists of five key areas: TCM services, TCM professionals, Chinese medicine development, cultural heritage, and international outreach [2]. - Eight main goals include optimizing clinical services, establishing a cross-disciplinary service system, leading TCM professional development, enhancing the quality of Chinese medicine, contributing to international standards, driving research and innovation, promoting TCM culture, and facilitating TCM's global outreach [2]. - Twenty action items support these goals, such as defining TCM's role in the healthcare system, leveraging technology for service upgrades, and building a comprehensive TCM talent training system [2]. Group 2: Clinical Services and Community Integration - The blueprint prioritizes optimizing TCM clinical services, emphasizing TCM's role within Hong Kong's healthcare system and highlighting its advantages [2]. - Specific actions include creating a list of TCM's effective treatment areas, developing clinical guidelines unique to TCM, and supporting big data research in both TCM and Western medicine [2]. - Currently, 23 TCM effective treatment areas have been established, with plans to expand this list to enhance community access to targeted TCM services [2][3]. Group 3: Market Demand and Infrastructure - Hong Kong has a strong grassroots foundation for TCM, with over 10,000 TCM practitioners, 90% of whom work in the private sector, and more than 16 million annual visits to TCM services, amounting to over HKD 1.2 billion in expenditures [3]. - The blueprint aims to strengthen TCM's role in primary healthcare, enhancing the integration of TCM into the primary healthcare system and establishing a collaborative framework among various healthcare professionals [3][4]. Group 4: Government Support and International Collaboration - The Hong Kong government has been actively promoting TCM development through talent training, service promotion, industry regulation, and standardization [5]. - The blueprint aligns with national TCM development strategies and aims to enhance Hong Kong's participation in the Greater Bay Area's TCM initiatives and the national high-quality development of TCM [5]. - It emphasizes the need for a robust talent training system, continuous professional development, and the establishment of quality management standards for Chinese medicine production [5].