Huen Wong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of HKBU Chinese Medicine Hospital Company, and Dr Cheung Wai-lun, Project Director of the Chinese Medicine Hospital Project Office from the Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HHB), participated in the signing ceremony of a strategic collaboration agreement between The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (CMHHK) and TCM-Klinik Bad Kötzting (TCM-KBK) in Germany.
The strategic collaboration is a significant milestone, as it will effectively expand the international connections of CMHHK, foster exchange between the East and the West, and establish partnerships. The signing of this agreement will enable Hong Kong to play a pivotal role as the nation’s window to the world, support the country’s initiative to promote the global reach of Chinese medicine, and reinforce CMHHK’s role as the flagship institution in Chinese medicine in Hong Kong.
Under the agreement, the collaboration between CMHHK and TCM-KBK involves the exchange of Chinese medicine talents, promoting the development of clinical applications of the interaction between Chinese and Western medicines, and establishing a scientific research network for Chinese medicine.
Both hospitals will jointly formulate Chinese medicine clinical pathways and enhance international collaboration between Chinese medicine and other health professions. They will facilitate talent exchange by inviting Chinese medicine experts from TCM-KBK to participate in clinical training and research projects at CMHHK, while also organising exchange visits for CMHHK clinical and research staff to TCM-KBK.
The two parties will advance the clinical application of herb-drug interactions by collecting and analysing clinical data on the interaction between Chinese and Western medicines. Furthermore, they will establish a research collaboration network to promote clinical research in Chinese medicine.