In the course of China’s Silk Road Initiative “One Belt, One Road” as well as the strategy of international promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and after great progress in the spread of TCM in Germany, the TCM Association was founded on 10 September 2016 Chinese doctors’ association with a symposium in Dresden. At the same time, the German summit meeting of the international TCM Silk Road summit congresses in Central Europe, as well as the first European training and a forum on dong acupuncture took place.
The main objectives of the TCM Association of Chinese Doctors are the strengthening of the importance of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Germany as well as the aim of a legal claim by Chinese TCM doctors in Germany.
It is planned to set up a TCM cultural exchange center in Germany and to apply for a recognized national project with the aim of establishing a German-Chinese TCM center.