A press center for the first annual sessions of the 13th NPC and the 13th CPPCC opened on Feb 27, 2018. [Li Xin/Xinhua] BEIJING - A press center for China's upcoming annual legislative and political consultative sessions opened Tuesday. The first annual sessions of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), will open on Mar 5 and 3, respectively. As this year marks the first year to implement the spirit of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress and the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening up, the sessions have drawn worldwide attention. More than 3,000 reporters have registered to cover the events, including more than 1,000 from overseas, according to a statement from the press center. Located in the Media Center Hotel in downtown Beijing, the press center will hold a number of press conferences with senior officials in various fields. Reporters will also be given more opportunities to interview NPC deputies and CPPCC National Committee members in the Great Hall of the People. Besides the routine arrangements such as deliberating the government work report and examining budgets, this year the NPC deputies will also deliberate a draft revision to the Constitution. The CPPCC session is expected to deliberate a draft amendment to its charter. buy wristbands near mepersonalized wristbands bulkcustom wrist bandscustom medical braceletscustom picture charm bracelets
Pharmacists pack and sell Chinese medicine at the Hu Qingyutang Chinese Medicine Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by Feng Chonglin/chinadaily.com.cn] BEIJING -- The Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) evidence-based medical center, the world's first organization of such kind, was officially established Tuesday in the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS). The center will pool together efforts of CACMS and other organizations like Beijing University of Chinese Medicine for TCM evidence-based research. Evidence-based medicine is a widely-used approach in medical practice that is intended to optimize decision-making in treating individual patients by emphasizing the use of evidence from well-designed and well conducted research. Under this approach, clinical evidence serves as the main basis for evaluating effectiveness and safety of treatment. Though increasingly recognized around the world, TCM still lacks evidence justifying its clinical effectiveness and safety, which according to experts hinders it from going global. Evidence-based medical studies evaluate the clinical verifiability and effectiveness of a medical theory with scientific examination and analysis, said Huang Luqi, academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and head of CACMS, at a Tuesday event marking the center's establishment. Combining evidence-based medical studies and TCM's features will help enhance clinical effectiveness of TCM, as well as provide opportunities for TCM to prove its medical values to the world, Huang said. Former Director-General of World Health Organization Margaret Chan said TCM had served the health needs of people in China and beyond for several thousand years and its safety and effectiveness deserved to be recognized. There should not be barriers between TCM and western medicine, which both should join forces to serve people's health needs, she said.
