China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a comprehensive Chinese medicine research institution directly under state administration of traditional chinese medicine, focusing on scientific research of Chinese medicine and integrating scientific research, medical treatment and teaching. Tu Youyou, a lifelong researcher in this hospital, has made outstanding contributions to the discovery of artemisinin and its application in malaria treatment, and won the 20 15 and 10 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine respectively.
As of April 20 16, the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine has a total of 7 scientific research units 17, 6 medical institutions, 3 educational units, 2 branches, 5 academic publishing units and 3 affiliated units. 5,857 employees, including 35 19 professional technicians; There are three first-level disciplines with the right to award doctoral and master's degrees, and 1 independent first-level disciplines have the right to award master's degrees.
The research work of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on solving key scientific problems that restrict the development of traditional Chinese medicine and improving clinical efficacy, and has carried out extensive research on traditional Chinese medicine, and made remarkable achievements in basic theory, prevention and treatment of major diseases, protection of traditional Chinese medicine resources, key technologies for the creation and research of major new drugs, standardization and internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine, and protection and utilization of ancient Chinese medicine books.