Greater Bay Area backs TCM going global

Traditional Chinese medicine experts from Guangdong province and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions have joined forces to set up a landmark integrated TCM center in the region, resolving to spur innovation and advancement in treating autoimmune diseases.

The joint venture - the Chinese Medicine Innovation Center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area - is spearheaded by the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with support from Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Macau.

The three institutions will pool their resources and talent, hoping to unearth potent TCM treatments for autoimmune diseases - a condition in which a person's immune system gets confused and begins attacking healthy body cells.