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On 17 March 2023, Professor Lyu Aiping, Dr Kennedy Y.H. Wong Endowed Professor in Chinese Medicine and Dean of Chinese Medicine, and Professor Jia Wei, Cheung On Tak Endowed Professor in Chinese Medicine and Director of the School's Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Phenome Research Centre, spoke at the inaugural academic conference on “Integration of Disease – Syndrome to Promote the Synergistic Development of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine" organised by the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

At the conference, Professor Chen Kaixian, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a speech titled "Actively Promoting the High-Quality Development of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine." Professor Lyu Aiping shared his thoughts on "Future Medicine Based on the Integration of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine," while Professor Jia Wei discussed "Metabolomics and Precision Health."

Five experts, including Professors Lyu and Jia, participated in a roundtable forum to discuss important topics such as innovation in the inheritance of traditional theories, modernisation of Chinese medicines, and reform of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnostic and treatment models.

The conference called on colleagues to work together to promote innovative thinking and practice models in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, improve the ability and level of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine to solve complex clinical problems, and contribute to safeguarding people's health.

The School will continue to contribute to the development of the field of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine through academic exchange and collaboration.