Annual report 03-2018 to 03-2019
1. Annual report on the agreed workplan
Describe the progress made on the agreed workplan. For each activity, detail (1) the actions taken, (2) the outputs delivered, as well as (3) any difficulties that may have been encountered. Three responses are expected. [maximum 200 words per activity]. Indicate, if an activity has been completed previously, has not yet started or has been placed on hold.

Activity 1
Title: Promote the public understanding of TM practice and products
Description: Traditional forms of medicine are normally used in a holistic context involving lifestyle changes, customers need to be aware of the risks and benefits of traditional medicine practice and products to make informed decisions about their health choice. The activity intends to introduce Chinese Medicine through Confucius Institute, a collaborative project with RMIT University in Australia established to promote the study of Chinese culture and language.
The center continued to explore new modes of combining Chinese language teaching together with Chinese medicine by setting up the Chinese Language in a Chinese Medicine Clinical Setting course in the Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute (CMCI). The course was warmly welcomed by RMIT students who intend to experience TCM clinical practice in Nanjing.
The CMCI organized various activities including regular visits to Chinese Medicine Herbal Garden for RMIT staff/students and external visitors, Chinese Materia Medica Photo Exhibition, Chinese Medicine Knowledge Competition and Taiji boxing training. The cultural activities contributed to enhance the understanding and recognition of traditional medicine among all walks of life in Australia. Last year, about 60 cultural activities were organized in RMIT and the local communities and the total number of the participants was around 1800. 
Besides, our university and National University of Ireland Galway signed the collaboration agreement to jointly build a Confucius Institute of Chinese and Regenerative Medicine. 

Activity 2
Title: Develop and provide training programs and opportunities of TM
Description: It is important that traditional medicine providers have sufficient knowledge to assess advantages and limitations, and have confidence in the quality, safety and effectiveness of traditional medicine. The activity intends to develop diverse education programs in traditional medicine and provide training opportunities as appropriate at the request of WHO Headquarters and Regional Office for health care providers and relevant researchers at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine.
As one of the earliest China’s TCM institution approved by the Ministry of Education to enroll and train students from foreign countries and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau regions, the center received the first batch of overseas students to learn Chinese medicine since 1957. In the last year, the center received 2,064 overseas students in total learning Chinese medicine and Acupuncture from 45 countries and regions. Of them, there were 1,641 students involved in degree programs, 423 involved in non-degree programs including short-term training program and advanced training program. 
The center opens joint Chinese medicine degree programs including Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees with the following higher education institutions overseas, Western Sydney University, RMIT University, John?Jenny College in Canada, Shulan TCM College in UK, Swiss Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Rangsit University in Thailand, Singapore TCM College, Philippine Makati University, etc. 

Activity 3
Title: Strengthen working relations with WHO/HQ, WHO/RO and other WHO CCs
Description: WHO Executive Board encourages WHO CCs to develop working relations with other centres by creating or joining collaborative networks. Region or country specific efforts have also been included in this network. For better alignment with WHO programs, the activity intends to introduce new synergies and peer-to-peer opportunities for WHO CCs through network establishment within and between countries.
In the last year, the center was involved with WHO collaborative networks in the following events. 
? Completed a China-WHO Biennial Collaborative Project 2016-2017 Research on the Practice and Policy Guarantee of Traditional Medical Service System Construction in China;
? Inviting 11 experts to comment on the WHO draft titled “Key technical issues for the safe use of herbal medicines with reference to interaction with other medicines” in October, 2018 and March, 2019;
? Associate Professor Liu Qin of our center renewed his appoint as Officer in the headquarter of WHO for another year. 

Activity 4
Title: Enhance cooperation and exchange between countries in respect of TM
Description: The inherited information on traditional medicine practice and products from various countries is an important cultural resource to be treasured, which is still highly scattered at present. The activity intends to encourage cooperation and exchange for training, research and information to facilitate the harmonization of traditional medicine.
1. To conduct Chinese medicine degree program collaboration 
In 2018, the center has signed a total of 40 copies of collaboration agreements for Chinese medicine degree programs including Bachelor, Master and Doctorate with the following higher education institutions, Western Sydney University in USA, Cleveland State University, Five Branches University in USA, John?Jenny College in Canada, Swiss Academy of Chinese Medical Science, European Academy of Chinese Traditional Culture in France, Shenzhou Open University of TCM in Netherlands, Singapore TCM College, Rangsit University in Thailand, Makati University in Philippine, etc. In the meantime, International Jingfang Institute conducted 66 overseas Jingfang lectures and providing Jingfang medical training to more than 4,000 students, in an effort to make the Chinese medicine original thinking and clinical efficacy understood and known to more foreign public. 
2.To conduct scientific research collaboration in Chinese medicine
In 2018, the center deepened the collaboration and communication with governmental agencies and higher education institutions by conducting multi-level international academic exchanges and scientific collaborations through various ways and methods with an aim to strengthen international concerted innovation. The center pushed forward the development of Jiangsu-Victoria TCM Center, held symposiums with RMIT university, jointly carried out research programs, discussed the joint tutoring for postgraduate students and young visiting scholars and etc. The center cooperated with Tasmania University on the construction of global quality Chinese herbal resource base. The center signed the framework agreement of jointly establishing Chinese Medicine and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, with Prof. Timothy O’Brien, Dean of College of Medicine of NUI Galway, to facilitate the research and educational collaboration in Chinese and regenerative medicine.
3.Construction of overseas TCM centers
In 2017, the center’s three national-level overseas TCM centers, Sino-Australian Chinese Medicine Center, Sino-Swiss Chinese Medicine Center, Sino-French Chinese Medicine Center (jointly built with Australian Education Management Group, TCM Ming Dao Group in Switzerland, AP-HP in France respectively) have all successfully passed the assessment organized by the State Administration of TCM (SATCM) of P. R. China. In the meantime, the center strengthened the build-up of its Sino-British Chinese Medicine Center in collaboration with Shulan College of Chinese Medicine, UK and Sino-German Chinese Medicine Center in collaboration with iTCM-Klinik Illertal GmbH in Germany.
Yu Yanhong, Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group and Deputy Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM) of China, pointed out that the health industry is booming in the city Bad Zurzach, and the Center jointly built by NJUCM and TCM Ming Dao of Switzerland is an outstanding representative for overseas TCM centers. Over the last three years since its establishment, the Center has done massive job and made great achievement in the aspects of constructing international standards for TCM clinics, characteristic research and talent nurturing for Jingfang of Chinese medicine and promoting the legalization of TCM education. The Center believed firmly that the development mode of integrating and fusing Chinese and western medicine as well as a synchronized development of medicine, education and research will bring a better growth for the Center.
4.Holding International Academic Conferences
In 2018, the center held a series of international academic conferences such as Sino-US International Conference of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2018 International Jingfang Conference, The 6th International Symposium on Edible & Medicinal Plant Resources and the Bioactive Ingredients, The 6th International Symposium on Marine Biomedicine in the Yangtze River Delta, and The 5th Annual Academic Conference of Nursing Professional Committee of World Federation of Chinese Medicine. The above international academic conferences have deepened the communication and collaboration of worldwide scholars and experts in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Among the above-mentioned conferences, Sino-US International Conference of Traditional Chinese Medicine is hosted by our university and Cleveland State University of USA, and gained project support by Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) of China, actively pushed forward the dialogue between Chinese medicine and western medicine. 2018 International Jingfang Conference historically organized the main Chinese medicine academic societies from 22 European countries and regions, and jointly promoted Jingfang.  

2. Annual report on other activities requested
Should WHO have requested activities in addition to the agreed workplan, please describe related actions taken by your institution [maximum 200 words]. Please do not include in this report any activity done by your institution that was not requested by and agreed with WHO. 
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3. Resources
Indicate staff time spent on the implementation of activities agreed with WHO (i.e. those mentioned in questions no. 1 and no. 2 above). Do not include any data related to other activities done by your institution without the agreement of WHO. Please indicate staff time using the number of “full-day equivalents” – a day of work comprising 8 hours (e.g. 4 hours work per day for 7 days should be recorded as 3.5 full-day equivalents).
Number of staff involved (either partially or fully)

Number of full-day equivalents, total for all staff involved

Implementation of the agreed workplan activities (i.e. those mentioned in questions no. 1 and no. 2 above) normally require resources beyond staff-time, such as the use of laboratory facilities, purchasing of materials, travel, etc. Please estimate the costs of these other resources as a percentage of the total costs incurred (e.g. if you incurred costs of USD 100 and the value of your staff time was USD 50 which makes the total of USD 150, please report 33.3% and 66.7%).

4. Networking
Describe any interactions or collaboration with other WHO Collaborating Centres in the context of the implementation of the agreed activities If you are part of a network of WHO Collaborating Centres, please also mention the name of the network and describe your involvement in that network [maximum 200 words].

Our center cooperated with RMIT University, Australia, another WHO Collaborating Center to jointly construct Jiangsu-Victoria TCM Center. The two centers have signed a Collaboration Memorandum to promote the cooperation of education, research and medical service in the field of Chinese medicine in 2017. In 2018, our center pushed forward the development of Jiangsu-Victoria TCM Center, held symposiums titled “Discovery of New Therapies for Chronic Diseases” with RMIT university in Melbourne, discussed the joint tutoring for postgraduate students and young visiting scholars.