中医研究院建院初期的国际交流

International exchanges in the early stage of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine

1955年卫生部中医研究院成立，在世界范围产生巨大影响，受到国际上的广泛关注。中医研究院建院初期，曾收到大量咨询中医药的国际来信，应邀在境内外为众多国际友人实施治中医治疗，接待外国政府代表团和学术团体来访，派医务人员出访，举办国际学习班培训外国进修生和实习生。频繁的国际交流，促进了与外国的友好往来和中医药的海外传播，展示了中医药学的作用和价值，彰显出中医药独特魅力，为提高中医药的国际影响力和世界人民的健康水平作出了重要贡献。

The Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine under the Ministry of Health was established in 1955. It exerted worldwide influence, and attracted extensive attention internationally. During its early days, lots of letters from abroad asking for TCM consultation were accepted consistently. TCM experts were invited to treat a great number of foreign patients in China or overseas. It also received visits of many foreign government delegations and academic groups. Moreover, physicians were dispatched to visit abroad, international academic conferences were held and training classes were sponsored for returned students and medical interns. Frequent international academic exchanges promoted the friendly intercourse with foreign countries, and the spread of TCM overseas, which displayed the function and value of traditional Chinese medicine, reflecting its unique significance and charm, and its great contributions to the improvement of people＇ s health the world over.