On September 11th, the Jinan Municipal People's Government held a press conference on the high-quality development of traditional Chinese medicine work in Jinan, known as the "Hometown of Bianque". The reporter learned from the meeting that the city continues to strengthen the construction of traditional Chinese medicine clinics (Guoyi Tang) in grassroots medical and health institutions, with a focus on strengthening traditional Chinese medicine facilities, personnel allocation, and technical service provision. 48 "Bianque Guoyi Tang" have been built, and the cultural brand of "Bianque Hometown" has been continuously strengthened. Jinan is an important birthplace of traditional Chinese medicine and the hometown of the medical school Bian Que Geng Jie, Deputy Director of Jinan Health Commission and Deputy Director of Jinan Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced at the press conference that there are 1060 traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions at all levels and types in Jinan's jurisdiction, including 6 tertiary traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, ranking first in the province and among the top cities at the deputy provincial level. All government run comprehensive hospitals, specialized hospitals, and maternal and child health institutions at or above the second level in the city are equipped with traditional Chinese medicine departments. 100% of community health service centers and town health centers are equipped with traditional Chinese medicine clinics, and 100% of community health service stations and 96% of village clinics can provide traditional Chinese medicine services. Jinan Hospital of Guang'anmen Hospital of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Jinan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital) is the first national regional medical center for traditional Chinese medicine in Shandong Province. Zhang Ruowei, the Secretary of the Party Committee of the hospital, stated that the hospital has clarified the functional positioning and development direction of "one hospital and three districts", and has set clear goals for the construction of key disciplines such as oncology, rheumatology, endocrinology, and dermatology. The city's central hospital district has opened 416 beds, and this year, the National Medical Hall diagnosis and treatment area has been added, with renowned experts providing regular consultations; The East Campus has 700 beds, and at the beginning of this year, 92 outpatient clinics were opened and new consultation rooms were added. The ward will open in August; The medical center campus has 1000 beds and the main structure has been capped. In addition, Geng Jie introduced at the press conference that Jinan has a sound category of TCM enterprises, with more than 3000 TCM enterprises of all kinds and more than 1500 drug numbers, including 13 enterprises above designated size, 2 enterprises with an annual sales revenue of more than 1 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), and 6 single varieties of traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations with an annual sales volume of more than 100 million yuan. The drug research and development capacity and scale are among the top in the country. We are also promoting innovation in traditional Chinese medicine policies, technology, and industry linkage in Jinan, Macau, and Zhuhai. Three Jinan enterprises registered in Hengqin and Macau, obtained overseas drug marketing permits for 29 types, and achieved overseas sales exceeding 70 million yuan Geng Jie said. (New Society)