Study on the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals in Northwest China under the background of the Belt and Road Initiative

Guifang Liu,Lina Shuai,Yuanxi Xiang,Li Chen,Changmin Tang,T Zhu,A Sharifi,M Anpo

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202127102023

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https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127102023

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Abstract

To understand the development status of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) hospitals in Northwest China under the background of the Belt and Road initiative(B&R), this study analyses the health resource index of TCM hospitals in Northwest China, and finds that the development of TCM hospitals in Qinghai and Ningxia is relatively slow, the recognition of ethnomedical services is relatively low among the residents. Regional linkage could be used to co-ordinately facilitate the development of TCM hospitals in Northwest China. B&R could be taken advantage of to promote the high-quality development of local ethnic medicine. Cultivating composite TCM talents, promoting poverty alleviation with TCM services, advocating TCM culture could all be utilized to build the People-to-people bonds along the new Silk Road.

Highlights

At a time when the global economic development is weak and when the development of various countries is divided, China has proposed a win-win cooperation plan, that is, the initiative of jointly building the B&R
Regional economic development should be promoted through regional linkage and collaboration[4]. Northwest regions have their own advantages in TCM, and Shaanxi and Gansu province have relatively abundant resources in TCM hospitals, while Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang provinces are rich ethnic medicine resources according to data analysis and relevant policy reports
Through a horizontal comparison of the development status and development differences of TCM hospitals in the five northwestern provinces and autonomous regions, and a vertical time comparison to grasp the impact of B&R related policies on the development of TCM hospitals in Northwest China

Summary

Introduction

At a time when the global economic development is weak and when the development of various countries is divided, China has proposed a win-win cooperation plan, that is, the initiative of jointly building the B&R. The five Northwest provinces and autonomous regions of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang are located at the strategic frontiers of the Silk Road Economic Belt. Compared with 2015, as of the end of 2019, the number of visits and discharges in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Shaanxi increased by 3674 thousand and 323 thousand respectively; the number of visits and discharges in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Gansu increased by 3783 thousand and 353 thousands respectively; the number of visits and discharges in TCM hospitals in Qinghai increased by 470 thousand and 22 thousand, respectively; TCM hospitals in Ningxia increased by 701 thousand and 54 thousand in visits and discharges; TCM in Xinjiang The number of hospital visits and discharges increased by 1,854 thousand and 214 thousand, respectively

Province Shaanxi Gansu Qinghai Ningxia Xinjiang

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