PLA Daily 2005-07-29

　　A working conference on traditional Chinese medical work in the army was held in Beijing yesterday. Liao Xilong, member of the Central Military Commission and director of the General Logistics Department of the PLA stressed at the conference that traditional Chinese medical work in the army bears close relationships with the development of China's traditional medicine, the health of all the officers and men of the army as well as the realization of "adequate logistics support" in the army. Thus we must grasp the opportunity, bestir ourselves, overcome various difficulties, and strive to create a new situation for traditional Chinese medical work in the army.

　　Liao Xilong gave high praise to the role the traditional Chinese medical work has played in keeping the health of officers and men and in promoting the fighting capacity of the army. He emphasized that the traditional Chinese medical work in the army in the near future should stick to the principle of "laying equal stress to both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine", and should face the needs of the troops and combat readiness. He urged the army to combine inheritance with innovations, popularization with elevation, and quality with efficiency in traditional Chinese medial work, so as to upgrade the overall level of the transitional Chinese medicine in the army.

　　By Chen Shoulong and Fan Juwei

　　(July 29, PLA Daily)