Since the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong, the central government has sent three groups of expert groups to Hong Kong, including severe cases and prevention and control. According to the official website of the National Health Commission, at the request of the HKSAR government, the National Health Commission and the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine have set up a central Chinese medicine expert group composed of high-level experts to visit Hong Kong to provide guidance and suggestions on the application of traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients with COVID-19, prevent severe diseases and reduce deaths. There are 7 Chinese medicine experts in the central anti epidemic group in Hong Kong, led by Tong Xiaolin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The members include Zhang Zhongde, vice president of Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese medicine, Miao Qing, chief physician of Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, Zhang Wei, chief physician of Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of traditional Chinese medicine, Zou Xu, chief physician of Guangdong Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, Zhang Ruizhi, deputy chief physician of Guangdong Academy of traditional Chinese medicine Li Xiuyang, chief physician of Guang'anmen Hospital, Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine. All the members of the expert team have participated in the prevention, control and treatment of the COVID-19 epidemic in the mainland and have rich experience in fighting the epidemic. Among them, vice president Zhang Zhongde has gone to Hong Kong to carry out work in advance. The application of traditional Chinese medicine has played a very important role in the fight against COVID-19 in the mainland. Together with western medicine, it has formed a diagnosis and treatment scheme with Chinese characteristics, and the efficacy has been tested in practice. It is understood that the invitation of the central Chinese medicine expert group to Hong Kong fully reflects the central government's attention and support to the epidemic prevention and control work in Hong Kong. It will learn from the mainland's experience in epidemic prevention and control and promote Chinese medicine to play a greater role in the epidemic prevention and treatment in combination with the actual situation in Hong Kong. (outlook new era)