China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

In 1955, the Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences was established directly under the Ministry of Health. In 2005, the Academy was renamed the "China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences" (CACMS) with the approval of the Central Institutional Organization Commission Office. In the same year, the graduate department became the first graduate school approved by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2020, the academy sent TCM medical teams to assist Hubei Province fighting against the COVID-19 epidemic, and developed traditional Chinese medicines for its treatment. ==Present situation==

CACMS has four State Key Laboratories and centers, and four national clinical research bases. CACMS hosts a number of journals, including The academy had built national-level overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) centers jointly with the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Italy and Austria. It has also held seminars in over 100 countries Address: No.16, Nanxiao Street, Dongzhimen, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China. ==Notable Figures==

They include • Tu Youyou, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. • Zhang Boli • Li Lianda • Tong Xiaolin ==Second-Level Public Institutions==

• Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine • Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Acupuncture Hospital) • Institute of Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine • Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine • Institute of History and Literature of Chinese Medicine • Institute of Basic Clinical Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Research Center for Standards of Traditional Chinese Medicine) • Medical Experimental Center • Xiyuan Hospital (Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Institute of Geriatrics) • Wangjing Hospital (Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology) • Eye Hospital (Institute of Ophthalmology) • Graduate School • Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Industry with over 3,000 patient beds, and an annual 7 million outpatient (emergency) visits and 80,000 patients discharges. ==See also==