2015年CRI Chinese Medicine Expected to Benefit from China-Australia FTA

 

The bilateral¹ agreement was signed this June after ten years of negotiations². 

Chinese traditional medicine was included in the deal despite doubts over its efficacy among some Australian people. 

Traditional Chinese medicine manufactures, like the time-honored Tong Ren Tang, are especially expected to benefit, once the agreement comes into effect. 

The company already has five branch stores in Australia, and the General Manager of its business in Australia, Ma Anyang, is eager to see the agreement come into force. 

"I think with the implementation³ of the agreement, many medicines, especially some important herbs, good-quality herbs, and those written in the Chinese herbal dictionary, will be approved by the Australian medicine authorities. As a result, we will have an increasingly wider road, and open more and more branch stores in Australia." 

Also, as part of the agreement, China will send a certain number of medical practitioners⁴ to work in Australia each year. 

Australia is the first western country to regard Chinese traditional medicine as having the ability to treat patients. 

A national registration⁵ and accreditation⁶ scheme was launched in 2012 to license⁷ Chinese medicine doctors. 

So far, close to 4,600 physicians engaging in traditional Chinese medicine throughout the country have been certificated. 

Each year, about 4 million people in the country use Chinese Medicine or acupuncture⁸ treatment while the total turnover⁹ of the sector¹⁰ is around 300 million Australian dollars. 

In a joint¹¹ promotional effort, a research center was established last month by the National Institute of Complementary Medicine of the Western Sydney University and the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. 

It plans to conduct clinical trials on patients who suffer from vascular¹² dementia in Sydney. 

Alan Bensoussan, with the NICM team, said the center will invite medics from both countries to carry out a bunch of experiments in search of new treatments combined with traditional Chinese medical therapy and modern medicine. 

"We help our Chinese partners to do some strong clinical trials in Chinese medicine on Australian patients. And we actually focus particularly on Chinese medicines. So for many years that's been our main priority." 

The professor called for more support to boost the development of the sector in the country. 

"We really want to see this grow. This is an enormous opportunity for China. It's an enormous opportunity for western patients, western medical researchers as well. I think that the partnership¹³ is ideal, but it will only grow with some really strong support from both governments, from industry, from philanthropy." 

Chinese Medicine has been used in Australia for more than a hundred years since the Gold Rush. 

Its importance is reflected in the fact that courses in Chinese Medicine are taught in Australian tertiary institutions. 

For CRI, this is Li Jianhua.

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

4 practitioners   

n.习艺者，实习者( practitioner的名词复数 )；从业者（尤指医师）

参考例句：

• one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
• The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句

5 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

6 accreditation   

n.委派，信赖，鉴定合格

参考例句：

• a letter of accreditation 一份合格证明书
• This paper gives an overview of the Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) in High Level Architecture(HLA). 对基于高层体系结构(High Level Architecture,简称HLA)的仿真系统的校核、验证与确认(Verification, Validation and Accreditation,简称VV&A)问题进行了详细的介绍及分析。 来自互联网

7 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

8 acupuncture   

n.针灸，针刺法，针疗法

参考例句：

• Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明，宋朝就已经有了针灸。
• It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知，针灸起源于中国。

9 turnover   

n.人员流动率，人事变动率；营业额，成交量

参考例句：

• The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
• Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。

10 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

11 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

12 vascular   

adj.血管的，脉管的

参考例句：

• The mechanism of this anomalous vascular response is unknown.此种不规则的血管反应的机制尚不清楚。
• The vascular changes interfere with diffusion of nutrients from plasma into adjacent perivascular tissue and cells.这些血管变化干扰了营养物质从血浆中向血管周围邻接的组织和细胞扩散。

13 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。