Tibetan traditional herbal medicines are getting more and more popular both at home and abroad, as CCTV on line reports.
The China Business Times is reporting that the Tibetan herbal medicine industry has a annual yearly output value of over US$2.5 billion.
The paper says many major cities in the country have set up hospitals specializing in Tibetan medicine and patients from more than 30 countries have received the treatment.
It says China has also set up a number of research centers for Tibetan medicine and a complete training system has been developed to train more specialists.
The paper says in order to fully develop Tibetan medicine, several local governments are looking for foreign investment.
(People’s Daily 01/15/2001)
