In a recenttalk of The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar, Premier LiKeqiang pointed out that prominent talented people are the main force of ournational scientific and technological strength as well as nationalcompetitiveness and innovative capacities.

With the rapidpopulation aging of our country and the world, medical science is facing agreat challenge. Thus, traditional Chinese medicine will stand a far better chanceof growing on promotion of social health and harmony. Modern studies of traditionalChinese medicine can not rest on their laurels, instead, the studies need constantlyinheriting and innovating from the practice, and also cultivate innovative top-notchtalents on Chinese medicine vigorously.

It is worthmentioning that the social bias to the doctor-patient relationship bring aserious damage to the medical researchers’ creative enthusiasm in current times.Quite a number of young medical workers lose strong courage and motivation formedical researches. Likewise, in modern scientific research, the academicresearch level of traditional Chinese medicine is relatively lower than the levelof other areas of medicine. Thus, it requires lots of innovative top-notchtalents on Chinese medicine, while the teamwork of innovative medical workersadvances the modernized progress of Chinese medicine in the modern times.

However, how tocultivate innovative top-notch talents on Chinese medicine?

The authorsuggests that firstly it needs to create an innovative corporate culture andstimulates collective creativity. Then smashing central figures are essential tothe development of Chinese medicine. What’s more, innovative personnel trainingmode is what we most need in cultivating. At last, the author holds the opinionthat our country shall establish an effective talent's incentive mechanism.

President XiJinping and Premier Li Keqiang have repeatedly made important instructions onimproving Chinese medical work. It is believed that correctly handling therelationship between inheritance and innovation and actively promoting themechanism reform as well as cultivating a lot of innovative top-notch medicaltalents would create a brighter future for the development of Chinese medicine.

Date:2014.10.10