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Current situation of International Organization for Standardization/Technical Committee 249 international standards of traditional Chinese medicine

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Abstract

Objective

To review the current situation and progress of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) international standards, standard projects and proposals in International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/ technical committee (TC) 249.

Methods

ISO/TC 249 standards and standard projects on the ISO website were searched and new standard proposals information were collected from ISO/TC 249 National Mirror Committee in China. Then all the available data were summarized in 5 closely related items, including proposed time, proposed country, assigned working group (WG), current stage and classifification.

Results

In ISO/TC 249, there were 2 international standards, 18 standard projects and 24 new standard proposals proposed in 2014. These 44 standard subjects increased year by year since 2011. Twenty-nine of them were proposed by China, 15 were assigned to WG 4, 36 were in preliminary and preparatory stage and 8 were categorized into 4 fifields, 7 groups and sub-groups based on International Classifification Standards.

Conclusion

A rapid and steady development of international standardization in TCM can be observed in ISO/TC 249.

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  1. Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China

    Yu-qi Liu  (刘玉祁), Yue-xi Wang  (王跃溪), Nan-nan Shi  (史楠楠), Xue-jie Han  (韩学杰) & Ai-ping Lu  (吕爱平)

  2. School of Chinese medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Ai-ping Lu  (吕爱平)

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Supported by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese medicine of China (No. ZZYZK2013-Guohesi A) and China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (No. Z0243, No. Z0411)

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Liu, Yq., Wang, Yx., Shi, Nn. et al. Current situation of International Organization for Standardization/Technical Committee 249 international standards of traditional Chinese medicine. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 23, 376–380 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2439-0

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