From December 7-9, the Third World TCM Science and Technology Conference was held in Changchun, Jilin. Yu Yanhong, Party Member of the National Health Commission and Party Secretary and Director of the National Administration of TCM, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Yu Yanhong noted that President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter to the 2024 World Traditional Medicine Conference provides fundamental guidance for advancing traditional medicine development. She emphasized the need for confidence and independence, openness and inclusivity, continuously improving the overall effectiveness of TCM scientific and technological innovation, vigorously promoting the integration of TCM technological and industrial innovation, and firmly grasping the strategic initiative in TCM innovation. To deeply study and address economic and social...