The World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), founded yesterday in Beijing, will establish and publish an international standard for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The top priority in the WFCMS constitution is to establish such an international standard and push forward development of TCM in other countries and regions.

The WFCMS will have legal status for setting and spreading the international standards of TCM. Currently, TCM is not legally recognized by most of the international community, partially due to the shortage of an international standard and the lack of understanding of TCM.

Other objectives of the organization are to promote understanding and co-operation for TCM among the academic sector, to strengthen international academic exchanges, and improve the level of TCM according to the constitution of the WFCMS. The organization will also assist Chinese medicine in getting access to the mainstream medical community to make contributions to healthcare.