Cut off the 'black hand' that extends to traditional Chinese medicine in accordance with the law
2026-05-19
Recently, ten departments including the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly held a launch meeting for a one-year special campaign to crack down on illegal medical practices under the guise of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation and treatment, false advertising and live streaming sales in the name of traditional Chinese medicine, and illegal use of medical insurance funds that harm the health rights and interests of the public. Traditional Chinese medicine plays an important role in safeguarding the health of the people. In recent years, as the health preserving fever continues to heat up, the unique health preserving advantages of traditional Chinese medicine are widely favored by the masses, but related chaos also occurs from time to time: some health preserving centers and physiotherapy shops are engaged in acupuncture and moxibustion, bone setting and other TCM diagnostic and therapeutic activities across the border; Some anchors and businesses stage "script style" science popularization in their live broadcast rooms, packaging inferior products as "miracle drugs" and selling them at high prices by fabricating the persona of a "Chinese medicine family"; Individual institutions illegally use medical insurance funds and embezzle the "life-saving money" of the people... These chaos not only threaten the lives, health, and property safety of the masses, but also disrupt industry order and seriously damage the good image of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine is a treasure of the Chinese nation, carrying the deep trust of the people. Its healthy development is related to the vital interests of the masses, the vitality of the industry, and cultural inheritance and innovation. It is absolutely not allowed to use the name of traditional Chinese medicine to commit illegal acts. In fact, China's laws and regulations such as the Traditional Chinese Medicine Law, Physician Law, Advertising Law, and the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of the Use of Medical Security Funds have established behavioral red lines for traditional Chinese medicine medical services, advertising and promotion, and the use of medical insurance. This special governance work is an important measure taken by relevant departments to respond to the urgent needs and concerns of the masses, safeguard public health rights and interests, and also a vivid practice to promote the precise implementation of laws and regulations and demonstrate the strength of the rule of law. The special governance will closely target the stubborn problems of illegal medical practices in "black clinics" and false propaganda in "pseudo science popularization", and accurately target the "lesions". On the one hand, through the division of labor and coordinated supervision among multiple departments, efforts will be made to increase offline inspections and online patrols, smooth channels for complaints and reports from the public, and impose strict penalties on confirmed illegal and irregular behaviors, forming a high-pressure deterrent and leaving no place for violators to hide; On the other hand, while cracking down on chaos, strengthening the supervision and service improvement of formal traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions can better protect the health rights and interests of the masses and promote the high-quality development of the industry. Traditional Chinese medicine has been passed down for thousands of years and has benefited countless people. A clean and upright industry environment is the soil for its vitality, and the trust of the masses is the confidence for its inheritance, innovation, and development. Only by using the rule of law as a sharp sword to cut off the "black hand" that extends to traditional Chinese medicine, and holding the bottom line of the industry through normalized supervision, can true traditional Chinese medicine technology be effective, promote traditional Chinese medicine to become a solid force for safeguarding the health of the whole nation, and help promote the steady and far-reaching development of a healthy China. (Looking into the New Era)
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Source:legaldaily
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