Macao to set up Chinese Medicine Park

Macao, China
Xinhuanet
May 20, 2005

China's Macao Special Administrative Region is studying the feasibility of setting up a "Chinese Medicine Park," local media reported Friday.

 The Macau Post quoted Yeung Tsun Man, member of Macao's Science and Technology Council, as saying that Macao is able to build a "small-scale but high-quality" Chinese medicine industrial park.

    Yeung told the newspaper that 13 Chinese Medicine manufacturersare based in the region with a population of only 450,000.

    Macao could serve as an international "testing center" for Chinese medicine standards, said Yeung.

    A Pan-Pearl River Delta Forum and Exhibition for Chinese Medicine will be held here from June 21 to 23, which will hopefully raise Macao's ambition to act as an access for traditional Chinese medicine leading to the international market, local analysts said.

    With over 90 percent of its population as Chinese ancestry, Macao has a long history of using Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese treatment has enjoyed a great popularity here.