On 9 September 2025, the School of Chinese Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong(CUHK) signed a collaboration agreement with The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong, which is scheduled to begin phased operations by the end of this year. The partnership aims to promote the development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong through collaborations in clinical services, clinical research and teaching.
The School of Chinese Medicine plans to send experts to participate in the hospital’s clinical services. The two parties have reached a preliminary agreement on arrangements for the first five years. The School currently only provides outpatient services. As the hospital gradually introduces day ward and inpatient services, patients requiring hospitalisation can be referred from the university’s outpatient clinics to the hospital for more precise treatment.
The School of Chinese Medicine has extensive experience and a strong foundation in promoting evidence-based Chinese medicine. It also serves as the only branch in Hong Kong under the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences’ Center for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine. The School will actively support the hospital’s clinical research and collaborate on studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine treatments for conditions such as allergic rhinitis, gout, refractory gastritis, and insomnia. This will help integrate evidence-based medicine with Chinese medicine.
Professor Lin Zhixiu, Director of the School of Chinese Medicine at CUHK, said: “We will work closely with The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong to nurture Chinese medicine researchers with a global perspective, contributing to the modernisation and internationalisation of Chinese medicine. At the same time, we welcome the hospital’s role as an ideal platform for local Chinese medicine students to learn in an environment that fosters collaboration between Chinese and Western medicine, aligning with the future development needs of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong.”
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