title: [A proposal for the works of traditional Chinese medicine drafted by Mr. Yue Meizhong].
abstract: In 1951, The Interim Regulations on Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine was issued by the Ministry of Health to restrict the practitioners' practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and to transform TCM, resulting in TCM facing the risk of interrupting its inheritance and development. In 1953, Yue Meizhong, a famous TCM physician, drafted a proposal about TCM development. After discussing and revising with Li Zhensan, the Director of North China Institute of TCM Experiment, the proposal was submitted to the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party and Government Administration Council as a reference. The proposal made a retrospect of the long history of TCM development, elaborated the characteristic and significance of TCM, proposed the detailed suggestions about the establishment of TCM administration institutions at various levels, set up of TCM Academy and Colleges etc., which represented the voice of TCM professionals, and reflected the objective principle of TCM development.
authors.affiliation: Yue Meizhong Research Office, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Yaqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Yue Meizhong Research Office, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Peifen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yue
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002681:China; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010820:Physicians