来自斯里兰卡、埃塞俄比亚、缅甸、柬埔寨、古巴等国家卫生部门领导和匈牙利、印度尼西亚、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡、赞比亚、佛得角、乌干达、马拉维、乌拉圭、莫桑比克等国驻华大使和部分使节代表共28个国家相关机构与会，世界卫生组织、上海合作组织代表，香港卫生署、澳门药物监督管理局等领导，福建、云南、海南、新疆、深圳等地方卫健委领导以及部分中医药大学、医院领导和中外企业代表等300余人出席了论坛。圭亚那驻华大使周雅欣出席论坛开幕式并致辞。
尊敬的各位来宾、
领导、
特邀嘉宾、
女士们，先生们：
很好的一天。我很荣幸有机会在第七届“一带一路”中医药发展论坛上发表讲话，主题是：深化“一带一路”中医药开放合作，共建人类卫生健康共同体；在我们这个不断变化的时代，我们仍在从一场影响我们三年的全球疫情中恢复过来，这是一次非常及时和急需的对话，虽然我们希望人类不必经历另一场类似规模的疫情，但我们必须为未来的大流行病做好准备。
传统医学与人类存在的时间一样长。考古遗迹中出土了许多医学期刊，在古代非常流行，通过口口相传代代相传，在某些情况下也有记录。传统医学在世界各地都有记录，包括在古埃及、古苏美尔、古希腊、古印度和许多土著文化中，包括使用草药和其他技术，如针灸、草药、土著传统医学、中医、脊骨神经医学，以及许多其他形式的治疗和药物。
然而，鲜为人知的是传统医学对现代科学和医学的贡献，以及将传统产品和实践转化为有效治疗健康状况的悠久历史。根据世界卫生组织的数据，目前约40%的药物产品来自自然和传统知识，包括阿司匹林、青蒿素和儿童癌症治疗等标志性药物。仔细研究这些药物可以发现，他们背后的科学家利用传统知识实现了突破性的发现。
中医药是世界上记载最为丰富的传统医学形式之一，在《本草纲目》等中国传统医学书籍和其他形式的中国传统典籍中都有所体现。虽然我们仍然对它的神秘工作方式着迷，并且仍然试图弄清楚某些草药是如何作为天然麻醉剂起作用的，以及如何用一根针麻痹身体的某些部位；中医越来越受欢迎，尤其是在西方学生中，他们中的许多人来中国专门攻读中医。
根据世界卫生组织的数据，其170个成员国报告了其人口使用传统药物的情况。
利用古老的做法，结合传统和现代医学来消除全球疾病是健康人类的未来，这个论坛既相关又及时。我衷心祝愿论坛取得成功，促进合作与伙伴关系，为可持续利用传统医学造福全人类和全球社会奠定基础。
非常感谢。
Distinguished Guests
Dignitaries
Special Invitees
Ladies and Gentlemen
Good day.
I am very honoured to have the opportunity to deliver a few remarks at the 7th Belt and Road Forum for Traditional Chinese Medicine Development under the theme: Deepening Openness and Cooperation of Belt and Road Traditional Chinese Medicine Development and Jointly Creating a Global Community of Health for All; a very timely and much needed dialogue in our evolving times, where we are still recovering from a global pandemic, which has affected us for three years and whilst we hope that mankind will not have to experience another pandemic of a similar scale, we must be prepared for future pandemics.
Traditional Medicine has been around as long as human existence. Many medicinal journals have been unearthed in archaeological relics and was very commonly used in ancient times, passing from generation to generation by word of mouth and in some cases documented. Traditional medicine has been in existence around the world including in ancient Egypt, ancient Sumeria, ancient Greece, India and many indigenous cultures and includes the use of herbs and other techniques such as acupuncture, herbal medicines, indigenous traditional medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, chiropractic, among many other forms of treatment and medicines.
What is less known, however, is traditional medicine’s contribution to modern science and medicine, and a long history of traditional products and practices being translated into effective treatments for health conditions. According to the WHO around 40% of pharmaceutical products today draw from nature and traditional knowledge, including landmark drugs such as aspirin, artemisinin, and childhood cancer treatments. A closer look at these drugs reveals that the scientists behind them used traditional knowledge to achieve their breakthrough discoveries.
Chinese Traditional Medicine is one of the world’s most well documented forms of traditional medicines as presented in the books of Chinese Traditional Medicine like Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica) and other forms of traditional Chinese literature. Whilst we are still fascinated about the mysterious ways its works and still are trying to figure out how certain herbs work as natural anesthetic and how by a stick of a needle, can paralyze certain parts of the body ; Chinese Traditional Medicine is becoming more and more popular especially among western students, a number of them coming to China to specialize in traditional Chinese medicine.
According to WHO, one hundred and seventy of its member states have reported on the use of traditional medicine by their populations.
Leveraging ancient practices, combining traditional and modern medicines to eradicate global diseases is the future for a healthy mankind, and this forum is both relevant and timely. I wish to extend best wishes for a success forum that will foster cooperation and partnerships that will form the basis for the sustainable use of traditional medicine for the benefit of all mankind and for our global community.
Thank you.
“一带一路”中医药发展论坛由中国人民对外友好协会、国家中医药管理局、国家药品监督管理局、中国国际贸易促进委员会、北京市人民政府等单位先后共同主办，至今已成功举办六届。其中，第四届、第五届论坛作为服贸会重点活动举办，第六届作为服贸会高峰论坛举办。论坛坚持“让世界了解中医药，让中医药走向世界”的理念，推动中医药服务贸易，促进“一带一路”沿线国家民心相通，增进人类健康福祉，助力构建人类卫生健康共同体，已成为“一带一路”中医药国际交流合作的重要平台。