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it has been authorized to issue academic degrees for those working in

clinical medicine and for those at their posts applying for degrees.

Postdoctoral stations have been sep up in all of the 3 first-class subjects
of TCM in the Academy.

The library of CACMS has the largest and most extensive collection of
books and journals on TCM in the country, among which over 20,000

volumes of books are rare and precious editions. The Traditional Chinese

Medical History Museum in the Academy, with more than 3,000 pieces
of collected historical relics, is a specialized professional museum, which

contains the biggest collection of TCM relics in China.

Various kinds of nationwide academic journals and periodicals on

TCM are published in CACMS. “The Journal of TCM”, “The Chinese

Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine”, “China Journal
of Chinese Materia Medica”, “Chinese Journal of Acupuncture “,

“Acupuncture Research”, “China Journal of Orthopedics and
Thaumatology”, “Chinese Journal of Medical History”, “Chinese Journal

Information on TCM”, and “China Journal of Basic Medicine of TCM” are
some of those that exerted fairly good influence both at home and

abroad.

As an important window of external cooperation and exchange of
TCM, extensive and friendly communications and links have been

established between CACMS and the medical circles, research
institutions, higher learning universities, pharmaceutical companies and

non-governmental societies of more than 100 foreign countries and

regions. Now, CACMS enjoys more and more popularity in the medical
circle of traditional medicines throughout the world.