The 2024 World Federation of acupuncture and moxibustion and Moxibustion Societies TCM acupuncture and moxibustion Scientific Research Seminar and the founding meeting of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Universities acupuncture and moxibustion Alliance, jointly sponsored by Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the World Federation of acupuncture and moxibustion and Moxibustion Societies, and co organized by the Chinese Medical College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Chinese Medical Research Institute of the University of Macao, were held in Zhongshan, Guangdong on the 17th. It is reported that the alliance was established under the leadership of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Macau, with 18 hospitals including Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Zhongshan Chen Xinghai Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital as member units of the alliance. Professor Xu Nenggui, honorary vice president of China acupuncture and moxibustion Society and director of South China acupuncture and moxibustion Research Center of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the strategic highland of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao not only has rich resources of traditional Chinese medicine and profound cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine, but also has strong scientific research strength and innovation ability. The Alliance will be committed to the research, development and innovation of acupuncture and moxibustion technology, strengthening the exchange and cooperation of academic research on acupuncture and moxibustion, and actively participating in the development planning of national and local TCM undertakings. At the same time, it will also actively explore the application of acupuncture and moxibustion technology in other fields, expand the application scope of acupuncture and moxibustion discipline, and provide people with better TCM services. Liu Baoyan, president of the World Federation of acupuncture and moxibustion Societies, said that acupuncture and moxibustion has been applied in 196 countries and regions around the world, and acupuncture and moxibustion therapy has gradually been more widely recognized and accepted, contributing to a unique treatment model for the global medical field. Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion has become the world's acupuncture and moxibustion and become the most widely used traditional medicine in the world. He hoped that the acupuncture and moxibustion Alliance of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Universities would further promote the exchange and cooperation of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, expand the application field of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, attract more world-class scholars and scientific research talents, and promote the international development of acupuncture and moxibustion. Professor Gordon Guyatt, the father of evidence-based medicine in the world, said in his video address that acupuncture and moxibustion is the cornerstone of Chinese traditional medicine. The establishment of the acupuncture and moxibustion alliance of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao marks the integration, exchange of professional knowledge and the practice of evidence-based medicine, which will definitely elevate acupuncture and moxibustion to a new height and improve the treatment effect of patients around the world. (Lai Xin She)