CHINA ACADEMY OF CHINESE MEDICAL SCIENCES

China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, established in 1955, located in Beijing. It is a national comprehensive institution for scientific research, clinical medicine and medical education on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is directly under the leadership of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM), PRC. The president of CACMS currently in office is Huang LuQi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Over the past 65 years, remarkable achievements have been obtained in the Academy in the fields of basic theory of TCM, prevention and treatment of prevalent diseases and R&D for new herbal medicines. It is the home of the nobel lauriate, TU YouYou, who discovered Artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin  in its premises. CACMS is also an important educational base for training senior professionals on TCM throughout the country. As an important window of external cooperation and exchange of TCM, extensive and friendly communications and links have been established between CACMS and the medical circles, research institutions, higher learning universities, pharmaceutical companies and non-governmental societies of more than 100 foreign countries and regions.