Practicing traditional Chinese medicine in China will no longer be off-limits
for foreigners as the country's Ministry of Public Health will permit foreigners
to become licensed in the ancient medical art starting next year.
As reported, a postgraduate student from ROK will be the first foreigner in
China to start up a Chinese medicine clinic.
China to permit foreigners to become licensed in the ancient medical artPracticing traditional Chinese
medicine in China will no longer be off-limits
for foreigners as the country's Ministry of Public
Health will permit foreigners to become licensed
in the ancient medical art starting next year.
About the first foreigner
in China to open a Chinese medicine clinicKim Jae Yoon, a postgraduate
student from the Republic of Korea (ROK), will
be the first foreigner in China to start up a
Chinese medicine clinic.
Coming to China at 1991, Kim has received a bachelor's degree and master's
degree from Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicinal University (HTCMU) in
Harbin, northeast China.
He is currently working on his doctorate and preparing for the upcoming license
examination for foreigners.
"With a history of thousands of years, Chinese medicine has an amazing curative
effect on a variety of diseases," Kim said in fluent Chinese.
The son of a famous doctor in Seoul, Kim said that his interest in traditional
Chinese medicines started when he was young.
"Traditional medicine of the ROK is actually derived from that of China," he
said.
Specializing in Chinese acupuncture, message and herbal medicine treatments,
Kim will be practicing out of a small building on a busy street in Harbin.
Current situation of foreigners
studying traditional Chinese medicine at HTCMUCurrently, some 170 foreigners
are studying traditional Chinese medicine at
HTCMU, most of them from neighboring countries
such as Japan, Malaysia and ROK. Only a few came
are from Europe and North America, said Zhang
Tianfeng, deputy dean of the International Institute
of the University.
According to Zhang, since 1986, over 3,000 foreign students from 18 countries
and regions have graduated from the university.
