[Establishment of the national macro-management system on Chinese medicinal resource--base of the modernization for Chinese medicine].
OBJECTIVE
To establish a national management system on the utilization and protection, reserves and wastes of Chinese medicinal resources, and provide a scientific basis for the national administering authorities for the macro-management.


METHODS
Many modern high technologies of community ecology, statistics, 3S technologies (remote sensing RS, geographic information system GIS, global positioning system GPS) and computer information system were based upon, and a national monitoring and protection system for the Chinese medicinal resources was set up.


CONCLUSIONS
The national Chinese medicinal macro-management system will integrate modern high technologies with administrative supervision, so as to protect Chinese medicinal resources and economy towards a sustainable utilization and development, and finally make our country and people more prosperous and powerful.
Xiao
Pei-gen
PG
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, Beijing 100094, China.
Chen
Shi-lin
SL
D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D004463:Ecology; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal