On March 2, 2019, in order to carry out guidelines and policies on traditional Chinese medicine(T.C.M.) made by the Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council of China, and further amend the laws and regulations to accomodate the characteristics of T.C.M., the Department of Policy,Law and Supervision of the State Administration of T.C.M (SATCM). entrusted Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property(or SICIP) of Tongji university to  hold a seminar on the legislative work about construction of T.C.M. legal system.

Yu Haiyang, Director of the Department of Policy,Law and Supervision of SATCM., Zhang Qingqian, Division Headof the Division of Regulation and Standard, Ren Yan, Deputy Division Head of the Division of Regulation and Standard, Liu Yang, the Senior Staff of the Department of Regulation of National Health Commission attended the meeting and made a speech respectively. More than 20 experts and scholars including Professor Qiu Hongzhong from Guangzhou University of T.C.M., Tian Kan ,Professor from Nanjing University of T.C.M., Yu Xiaoyong, Associate Professor from Nanjing University of T.C.M., Zhang Jing, associate professor from Shanghai University of T.C.M., Song Xiaoting, Professor from SICIP of Tongji University, and Cao Lirong, Associate Professor from SICIP all attended the discussion. Professor Song Xiaoting of SICIP made a special report on the "Study on Key Issues Related to Establishing and Improving T.C.M. Regulations".

The meeting focused on a number of key issues in the construction of legal system about T.C.M., and discussed the legislative plan of 2019 legislative term of China in light of the problems existing in the T.C.M. and the hot issues of social concerns. At theworkshop, Director Yu Haiyang requested that the legislative work of T.C.M. should closely target practical issues. fully implement the spirit of the relevant documents of the Party Central Committee, and should not only reflect the characteristics of T.C.M., but alsofollow the precision of laws and regulations, be conscientious and make a good job of the work about relevant legislative work on T.C.M..