Confucius Institute makes push for TCM

'Promoting traditional medicine will increase its acceptance'

A new Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine - the first of its kind established with the cooperation of a foreign medical institute - is expected to open in September, said Gao Sihua, president of the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

The institute, located at the Hyogo College of Medicine in Japan, will offer TCM, as well as health preservation and disease prevention studies in addition to Chinese language teaching.