Organisation and Functions

To oversee policy matters on the overall development of Chinese Medicine (CM) in Hong Kong, including the positioning of CM in the healthcare system and the overarching CM development strategies;

To oversee policy matters in relation to the legislative framework on CM, the regulation and professional development of CM practitioners, CM traders and related personnel, and the inter-disciplinary collaboration between different healthcare professionals;

To oversee policy matters in relation to the development of education, training and scientific research in CM;

To oversee policy matters in relation to service development, including government-subsidised CM services (including those provided through the Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres and Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine Programme) and the use of information technology by CM sector;

To oversee policy matters in relation to the development of the Chinese Medicine Hospital and the Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute;

To oversee policy matters in relation to trade facilitation measures in CM, and matters in relation to the implementation and enhancement of the Chinese Medicine Development Fund;

To oversee the implementation of public education and publicity strategies for promoting CM; and

To maintain close liaison with the local, Mainland (including the Greater Bay Area) and international CM sector in taking forward co-operation initiatives in CM with a view to promoting the further development of Hong Kong’s CM sector in markets outside Hong Kong.