Recently, the National Health Commission, together with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other departments, issued a notice on further improving mechanisms to promote the sinking of urban medical resources to county-level hospitals and urban and rural grassroots. The reporter learned from the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine that in order to continuously strengthen the service capacity of grassroots traditional Chinese medicine, China is accelerating the expansion and sinking of high-quality traditional Chinese medicine medical resources and regional balanced layout. Data shows that by the end of 2023, there were 41700 traditional Chinese medicine clinics established, and 99.5% of community health service centers and 99.9% of township health centers were able to provide traditional Chinese medicine services. Since 2022, 1043 county-level traditional Chinese medicine hospitals have been supported in the construction of distinctive and advantageous specialties in traditional Chinese medicine. Through the "Two Specialties and One Center" project of county-level traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, relying on county-level traditional Chinese medicine hospitals to carry out the construction of county-level traditional Chinese medicine suitable technology promotion centers, accelerating the formation of a traditional Chinese medicine suitable technology promotion network covering county, township, and village medical and health institutions, and continuously improving the traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment capabilities of rural medical and health institutions. Since the 13th Five Year Plan, through the implementation of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Talent Qihuang Project, 14600 rural order oriented free medical students (TCM) have been trained, 22000 TCM general practitioners have received standardized training, and 36000 TCM hospital backbone have been trained; The construction of 1432 national grassroots renowned traditional Chinese medicine expert inheritance studios, mainly relying on county-level traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, has enhanced the service capabilities of grassroots traditional Chinese medicine. Jiangxi Province strengthens the construction of "hubs" to improve the quality and efficiency of grassroots traditional Chinese medicine services. As a national demonstration zone for traditional Chinese medicine reform, Jiangxi Province has established a close knit medical community at the grassroots level, led by county and district traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, township health centers as hubs, and village level health clinics as the bottom of the network. At the same time, the deployment of backbone talents in traditional Chinese medicine to settle down and provide assistance has achieved a dual reduction in the medical expenses of the masses and the expenditure of medical insurance funds. Early in the morning, a family doctor from Baizhu Township Central Health Center in Pingxiang City came to the home of villager Liu Ruiguang to measure his blood pressure. Liu Ruiguang's blood pressure data can be synchronized in real time to the chronic disease management system in the clinic through a dedicated Bluetooth blood pressure monitor. Liu Ruiguang, a villager from Shangcun Village, Baizhu Township, Xiangdong District, Pingxiang City: We don't need to go to the hospital now, doctors can understand our situation. Liu Ruiguang can enjoy high-quality traditional Chinese medicine services right at his doorstep, thanks to the integrated traditional Chinese medicine service system of "prevention, treatment, and health" established in Jiangxi Province. Taking Xiangdong District as an example, the local traditional Chinese medicine hospital takes the lead and forms a three-level traditional Chinese medicine service network at the district, township, and village levels based on signed cooperation with Jiangxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. We have achieved a dual reduction in both public medical expenses and medical insurance fund expenditures. Zhang Xinming, Director of Baizhu Township Health Center in Xiangdong District, Pingxiang City: In the first half of 2024, the medical expenses for patients in the entire township decreased by 13.26% compared to the same period last year, and the withdrawal of medical insurance funds decreased by 13.68% year-on-year. In recent years, Jiangxi Province has comprehensively promoted the construction of the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone. At present, the proportion of grassroots traditional Chinese medicine services has reached 34.33%, and the proportion of public traditional Chinese medicine hospitals at or above the second level setting up prevention and treatment departments (centers or departments) has reached 96.74%, and the proportion of setting up rehabilitation departments has reached 100%. In recent years, as a national demonstration zone for traditional Chinese medicine reform, Sichuan Province has continuously improved its traditional Chinese medicine service system to promote the expansion and sinking of high-quality traditional Chinese medicine resources, meeting the needs of grassroots people for traditional Chinese medicine. In response to the weak capacity of traditional Chinese medicine services in some areas, Sichuan Province has coordinated the layout of provincial-level traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in newly established districts of Chengdu, promoting the expansion of traditional Chinese medicine services and effectively ensuring the multi-level and diversified health service needs of 1.2 million people in the jurisdiction. Yan Jiayu, President of Sichuan Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital: We send shuttle buses every day to transport our experts to the High tech Hospital for consultations. At the same time, we also conduct free consultations in surrounding communities every week to provide good services to the people. Since the arrival of expert teams and new detection instruments such as infrared thermography in the province, in recent years, the Preventive Medicine Center of Qu County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has become the first choice for people in surrounding areas to receive traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment. Patient Mi Ying: In the past, patients with complex diseases would go to large hospitals in Chengdu and Chongqing. Now, our Qu County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has such good medical resources. In recent years, Sichuan Province has organized 100 provincial-level TCM expert teams, 1000 municipal level TCM expert teams, and 10000 county-level TCM physicians annually to provide comprehensive and continuous assistance to counties, townships, and villages, enabling high-quality TCM services to reach the people directly. (New Society)