On November 13, 2025, at the Lujiazui International Health Brand Festival Health Brand Development Forum, the "SICCTM Traditional Chinese Medicine International Service Trade Alliance" was officially unveiled and set sail, injecting strong impetus into the international development of traditional Chinese medicine.

On the same day, the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement was held simultaneously at the Greenland Billion Brand Reception Hall in Lujiazui Center, Shanghai. The Shanghai International Service Trade Promotion Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotion Center") has reached strategic partnerships with Unocal Healthcare Group in the United States, the Medicinal Plant Research Center of the National University of Kazakhstan, the Dubai Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United Arab Emirates, the Canada China Traditional Medicine Exchange Association, and the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Innovation Research Center. In addition to the cooperation projects already implemented by Australia and Saudi Arabia, the consortium has gathered core cooperation institutions from 8 countries, covering the Americas, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia, and has established a basic framework for overseas cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine international service trade.

The partners signed this time have their own resource endowments and industry accumulation, and will build bridges and support points for the "going global" of traditional Chinese medicine from multiple dimensions.

It is understood that the strategic cooperation between the Promotion Center and the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Innovation Research Center will focus on the integration of core technical resources such as screening of active ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine, formulation of quality standards, and research and development of new formulations, accelerating the international transformation and promotion of traditional Chinese medicine achievements.

At the signing ceremony, Janar Jenis, Director of the Medicinal Plant Research Center at the National University of Kazakhstan, and Ms. Cai Jun, CEO of the China UAE Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, shared their vision for cooperation and industry experience.

Professor Shang Li, director of the Shanghai International Service Trade Promotion Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the signing partners were all "doers" in various fields, with specific cooperation tasks and clear goals. The Center will adhere to the principle of "openness and inclusiveness" to promote pragmatically, and implement a number of landmark achievements as soon as possible, so that local innovation achievements can be "sustained" and international services of traditional Chinese medicine can "go further".

Director Nie Aiguo of the Shanghai Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine attended the unveiling ceremony and delivered a speech. He affirmed the long-term deep cultivation of the Promotion Center in the field of traditional Chinese medicine service trade, and believed that this signing covers the entire chain of "research and development transformation internationalization". He hoped that the consortium would become an "incubator" for traditional Chinese medicine innovation and an "accelerator" for development. He emphasized the need to gather global advantageous resources, promote mutual recognition of standards, deepen industrial cooperation, and share development achievements, so that traditional Chinese medicine services can benefit more people in countries and contribute Eastern wisdom to global public health governance.

It is reported that the Shanghai International Center for the Promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine Service Trade (SICCTM) is the first professional institution in China specializing in traditional Chinese medicine service trade. It has been awarded the plaque of "Shanghai International Service Trade Platform for Traditional Chinese Medicine" and is also one of the first batch of leading and pilot backbone institutions for traditional Chinese medicine service trade by the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The center has over 100 member companies and more than 200 professional members. It has established TCM promotion and service centers in multiple countries, continuously assisting in the integration, transformation, and international promotion of TCM technology.