Mission

(1) Building a collaborated campaign to promote Traditional Chinese Medicine

Building collaborative relationships with medical care providers, communities, associations, and governments to promote opportunities to integrate Traditional Chinese Medicine that are mutually constructive, mutually supportive, and mutually beneficial to all Canadians.

(2) The three pillars of promoting Traditional Chinese Medicine profession in Canada

1. Supporting governments to legislate comprehensive policies, laws, and regulations for Traditional Chinese Medicine professions.

2. Demonstrating the efficacy and advantages of using Traditional Chinese Medicine.

3. Establishing a newly collaborated community medical service framework between primary medical care providers and Traditional Chinese practitioners to take full advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture’s efficacies for disease prevention and chronic disease treatments" to reduce government Medicare expenditures.

   • • Supporting governments to legislate comprehensive policies, laws, and regulations for Traditional Chinese Medicine professions.

     • Demonstrating the efficacy and advantages of using Traditional Chinese Medicine.

     • Establishing a newly collaborated community medical service framework between primary medical care providers and Traditional Chinese practitioners to take full advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture’s efficacies for disease prevention and chronic disease treatments" to reduce government Medicare expenditures.

II. The Nature, Purpose, and Mission of the organization

1. To voice for the interests of Canadian Traditional Chinese Medicine professionals.

2. To promote and to support advancement of sustainable, supportive, and affordable Canadian medical service infrastructure, especially in the context of development for Traditional Chinese Medicine professions.

3. To regularly hold meeting with government officials to discuss opportunities and to propose recommendations to advance the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine professions in Canada.

4. To regularly hold meetings with members, other associations, or other professional entities to seek opportunities to promote Traditional Chinese Medicine professions in Canada.

5. To give full-fledged support for development of high quality, sustainable, and affordable community medical service infrastructure in Canada.

6. To sponsor or to assist in sponsorships for Traditional Chinese Medicine promotional events.

7. To capitalize on the established resources and talents from the “World TCM & Acupuncture Week” platform to move forward organizing both professional development trainings and public educational workshops to continue the momentum for Traditional Chinese Medicine to gain wider acceptance within local communities and with the public health sectors.

8. To actively participate in the promotion and advancement of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine industries in North America, especially in Canada.

9. To actively support Canadian Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine suppliers to develop and  to expand global market presence and to encourage its industrial associates to foster partnerships to advance commercialization and quality standard of the herbal medicine industry economic value chain.

III. The Main Responsibilities

1. Yearly submission of development blueprint to propose strategies advancing the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture profession to both the provincial government of British Columbia and its Ministry of Health.

2. Give full play to the advantages of the alliance and the cultural week platform to urge government departments to formulate policies and regulations that are conducive to the development of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.

3. Vigorously carry out community medical service promotion public welfare activities, and regularly hold large-scale free clinic activities of traditional Chinese and western medicine every year.

4. Actively organize, plan and participate in relevant activities in the world of traditional Chinese medicine.

5. To select and promote groups, enterprises and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the international dissemination and development of the medical field.

6. Carry out the promotion of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture in various cities every year (detailed rules are formulated)

7. Build alliances and "Cultural Week" media column

8. Regularly and irregularly go to provincial and municipal governments to publicize the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, especially experience the charm of acupuncture and moxibustion on the spot, and show the charm of traditional Chinese medicine culture, especially acupuncture and moxibustion to the three-level government officials on different occasions

9. Provide comprehensive technical support and services in the fields of TCM health production, study and research for relevant organizations and institutions.

10. Hold a large-scale international forum on traditional Chinese medicine and health industry

IV. The Current Milestones

(1) To support the BC acupuncturists and TCM practitioners advancing their knowledgebase and clinical treatment efficacies.

1. Invite Selected TCM and acupuncture talents

   • Chinese Medicine Master/Academician Team

   • Famous TCM masters from all over the world

   • Local famous doctors

   • Folk TCM and acupuncture experts

   • TCM acupuncture professionals from TCM colleges and scientific research institutions

2. Gradually establish professional committees of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture and moxibustion

3. Gradually establish online and offline TCM acupuncture education platforms

4. The education platform is free or low-cost for public welfare

(2) TCM Promotion and community outreach

1. Make the Cultural Week a strategic platform for the promotion of traditional Chinese medicine

2. Lectures on Community Medical Services of BC Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Cooperation

3. Further promote traditional Chinese medicine to the community and society