Ministry of Commerce: the modern logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine will be initially completed by 2020

Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the Circular on accelerating the Construction of Modern Logistics system of traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials (Commercial Rank letter [2014] No. 809, hereinafter referred to as "Circular"). The Circular requires local commercial departments to promote the establishment of a modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicine, promote the modernization of the circulation of traditional Chinese medicine, and enhance the ability to guarantee the quality and safety of traditional Chinese medicine.

The notice defines the overall goal of initially forming a modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicine with the integration of harvesting, processing, packaging, warehousing and transportation by 2020, and puts forward six main tasks: the first is to build a processing base for the Chinese medicine industry; the second is to standardize the packaging of traditional Chinese medicine; the third is to build a centralized warehousing and distribution network; and the fourth is to popularize and apply modern logistics management and technology. The fifth is to improve the supporting logistics service functions of the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine; the sixth is to strengthen and expand the warehousing and logistics enterprises of traditional Chinese medicine.

In order to achieve the above goals and tasks, the Circular puts forward four safeguard measures: the first is to strengthen planning guidance and policy support to provide land, funds and financing support for the construction of processing bases and socialized warehousing bases for the intensive producing areas of traditional Chinese medicine; the second is to form a standard system covering the whole process of traditional Chinese medicine logistics as soon as possible. The third is to implement the storage quality certification system of traditional Chinese medicine to ensure that enterprises engaged in public warehousing services of traditional Chinese medicine have the corresponding storage conditions; fourth, to give full play to the positive role of relevant industry associations in the formulation and publicity and implementation of Chinese medicine standards, personnel training, professional consultation and so on.

The following is the original guidance:

General Office of the Ministry of Commerce on speeding up the Promotion of Modern Logistics of traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials

Guiding opinions on system construction

(draft for soliciting opinions)

Traditional Chinese medicine is the material basis for the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese medicine, and the logistics of traditional Chinese medicine is an important part of drug circulation in our country. In order to thoroughly implement the opinions of the State Council on supporting and promoting the Development of traditional Chinese Medicine (Guofa [2009] No. 22) and the General Office of the State Council on promoting the healthy Development of domestic Trade Circulation (State Office [2014] No. 51), to promote the establishment of a modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicine, promote the modernization of the circulation of traditional Chinese medicine, and enhance the ability to ensure the quality and safety of traditional Chinese medicine, the following suggestions are put forward:

I. significance

The total logistics of traditional Chinese medicine in China is about 17 million tons every year, of which large quantities of traditional Chinese medicine, expensive and fine, poison and hemp limit drama account for more than 80%. Since the reform and opening up, the construction of logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine in China has made some progress. However, with the economic and social development of our country, the contradiction that the logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine does not adapt to the development of traditional Chinese medicine and the expansion of the health needs of the people has become more and more prominent, which is mainly manifested as: the scattered backwardness of processing and packaging and storage facilities in the producing areas of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, the lack of modern maintenance technology, the low level of intensification, standardization and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine logistics, and imperfect service functions, which bring some hidden dangers to the quality and safety of traditional Chinese medicine. Promoting the construction of modern logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine is of great significance to improve the organizational and modern level of the circulation of traditional Chinese medicine, to enhance the ability of the circulation of traditional Chinese medicine to ensure the quality and safety of traditional Chinese medicine, and to promote the sustained and healthy development of the cause of traditional Chinese medicine.

II. Guiding ideology and main objectives

(1) guiding ideology.

In accordance with the overall requirements of the 18th CPC National Congress, adhere to the direction of serving the people's health, with the purpose of improving the intensive modernization level of traditional Chinese medicine logistics and the ability to ensure the quality and safety of traditional Chinese medicine, based on the basic principles of strengthening government planning and policy guidance, giving full play to the decisive role of market mechanism, strengthening the application of modern science and technology and new management methods, promoting the reform of circulation mode and logistics technology of traditional Chinese medicine. Gradually improve the modern logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine, ensure the quality and safety in the process of circulation of traditional Chinese medicine, and promote the sustainable development of traditional Chinese medicine industry and traditional Chinese medicine in China.

(2) main objectives.

By 2020, a modern logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine with the integration of harvesting, processing, packaging, warehousing and transportation will be initially formed, which basically meets the logistics needs of the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine and e-commerce transactions. basically meet the requirements of the development of traditional Chinese medicine and the growing health needs of the people. The specific objectives are: the basic establishment of the standard system of the logistics of Chinese medicinal materials; the basic establishment of the logistics infrastructure and circulation network with the main production and marketing areas of Chinese medicinal materials as the circulation node; the centralized warehousing of bulk Chinese medicinal materials and expensive, fine and poisonous Chinese medicinal materials; the widespread application of logistics information management technology and new maintenance technology of Chinese medicinal materials; the circulation traceability system plays a role in an all-round way; and the comprehensive strength of large and medium-sized Chinese medicinal materials logistics enterprises is significantly enhanced.

III. Main tasks

(1) to build a processing base for producing areas of traditional Chinese medicine. We will promote the intensive processing of varieties of traditional Chinese medicine suitable for processing in the place of origin, and gradually change the scattered and extensive processing mode of traditional Chinese medicine. In accordance with the relevant national standards and the characteristics of Chinese medicinal materials, market entities such as qualified Chinese medicinal materials management enterprises, Chinese herbal slices and pharmaceutical enterprises, and third-party logistics enterprises are encouraged to build intensive and large-scale production and processing bases in the main producing areas of bulk Chinese medicinal materials, and to improve the quality of Chinese medicinal materials with professional and standardized drying treatment and other technologies.

(2) standardize the packaging of traditional Chinese medicine. The use of packaging materials, packaging methods and packaging labels in line with the relevant national standards to effectively change the situation of traditional Chinese medicine without packaging, excessive packaging and no labeling. The producing area processing base of traditional Chinese medicine shall bear the packaging responsibility of traditional Chinese medicine, guide medicine farmers and professional cooperatives of traditional Chinese medicine to implement unified and standardized packaging in the production area processing base, and adopt modern information technology means, record the relevant information such as the cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine, the main body of transaction and the quality of traditional Chinese medicine in the packaging label, so as to form the information source of the traceability system of traditional Chinese medicine circulation.

(3) build a centralized warehousing and distribution network. According to the relevant national norms and standards, build standardized and large-scale warehouses of traditional Chinese medicine, and gradually change the backward situation of decentralized storage of traditional Chinese medicine and residential storage. According to the flow direction of traditional Chinese medicine, the scale of existing storage facilities and the condition of transportation facilities, and in accordance with the principle of ensuring supply and reducing circuitous transportation, it focuses on the main producing areas and professional market of traditional Chinese medicine, rational layout, standardized and socialized storage base of traditional Chinese medicine, and construction of centralized warehousing in main producing areas and transit warehousing in sales areas as auxiliary. The combination of production area warehousing and producing area processing and packaging base, sales area warehousing and trading market, radiating the national intensive and efficient storage and distribution system of traditional Chinese medicine.

(4) popularize and apply modern logistics management and technology. Popularize and apply the machinery and equipment for drying, packaging, handling, loading and unloading of traditional Chinese medicine in line with the relevant national standards, change the present situation of people carrying and manual operation of traditional Chinese medicine, and improve the mechanization level of logistics of traditional Chinese medicine. Popularize and apply warehousing management system (WMS), bar code, QR code, radio frequency identification and other technologies to implement electronic management of information in various aspects of Chinese medicinal materials trading main body and processing and packaging, storage and acceptance, storage and maintenance, and seamlessly connect with circulation traceability system, so as to improve the information level of traditional Chinese medicine logistics. Eliminate the phenomenon of aluminum phosphide fumigation, prevent the abuse of sulfur fumigation during the processing and storage of Chinese medicinal materials, in accordance with the principles of safety, environmental protection and conservation, and according to the characteristics of all kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, popularize and apply advanced and applicable storage and maintenance techniques and methods, such as controlled atmosphere curing and low temperature curing, to ensure the quality and safety of Chinese medicinal materials.

(5) to improve the supporting logistics service function of the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine. According to the overall requirements of the national traditional Chinese medicine warehousing and distribution system and the logistics needs of professional transactions and e-commerce, we should build large-scale warehouse facilities and improve logistics service functions. promote to solve the problem of lack of supporting warehousing facilities and scattered backwardness in the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine. The professional market of traditional Chinese medicine and e-commerce enterprises shall, in accordance with the relevant national standards, introduce third-party logistics enterprises to build Chinese medicine warehouses and provide public warehousing services for traditional Chinese medicine, to implement unified and standardized acceptance, warehousing and maintenance management of traditional Chinese medicine traded in the professional market and e-commerce. The professional market and market supporting warehousing enterprises shall, in accordance with the relevant regulations and requirements of the state, check the packaging marks and codes of Chinese medicinal materials traded in the market, and earnestly implement the traceability system for the circulation of traditional Chinese medicinal materials.

(6) to strengthen and expand the warehousing and logistics enterprises of traditional Chinese medicine. Encourage Chinese medicine warehousing and logistics enterprises to build large-scale warehouses based on the logistics needs of traditional Chinese medicine, provide integrated logistics services such as processing and packaging, quality inspection, storage, maintenance, transportation and distribution, and gradually change the extensive operation of a single leased warehouse. Encourage Chinese herbal medicine management enterprises and traditional Chinese medicine prepared pieces enterprises to invest in the construction of socialized traditional Chinese medicine logistics enterprises. Enterprises with modern pharmaceutical logistics capabilities are encouraged to cooperate with other logistics enterprises to carry out the warehousing and logistics business of traditional Chinese medicine. The warehousing and logistics enterprises of traditional Chinese medicine should improve the corporate governance structure and various operation and management systems, optimize the business process, improve the service function, and provide warehousing supervision services for the guaranteed financing of traditional Chinese medicine. Give full play to the role of the market mechanism and encourage the cross-regional, large-scale and intensive operation of traditional Chinese medicine logistics through acquisition, merger, equity participation and other ways of merger and reorganization.

IV. Safeguard measures

1. Strengthen planning guidance and policy support. The competent departments of commerce in various localities should incorporate the construction of the modern logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine into the drug circulation and trade circulation system for overall planning. Actively work with local traditional Chinese medicine industry management, food and drug supervision, land and resources and other departments to establish a work coordination mechanism. Combined with the actual situation of the development of the local traditional Chinese medicine industry, we can work out the construction plan of the modern logistics system of traditional Chinese medicine in this area. On the basis of fully integrating the relevant funds for promoting business and trade development, strengthen communication and coordination with relevant departments, and strive to provide land, capital and financing support in the construction of intensive producing areas and socialized warehousing bases for Chinese medicinal materials, organize and guide the broad masses of medicine farmers and market merchants to entrust traditional Chinese medicine management enterprises and warehousing and logistics enterprises to carry out centralized processing and warehousing of Chinese medicinal materials.

(2) to improve the logistics standard system of traditional Chinese medicine. To organize, publicize and implement industry standards such as "Technical Standards for Chinese Medicinal Materials Warehouse" and "Standards for Storage and Management of traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials" published by the Ministry of Commerce, mobilize industry organizations and enterprises to participate in the formulation of industry standards for modified atmosphere maintenance, processing, packaging and transportation of Chinese medicinal materials, study and formulate national standards for logistics quality management of Chinese medicinal materials, and form a standard system covering the whole process of logistics of Chinese medicinal materials as soon as possible.

(3) to implement the warehousing quality certification system of traditional Chinese medicine. In accordance with the requirements of relevant national standards, relevant industry organizations should carry out the storage quality certification of traditional Chinese medicine materials for enterprises engaged in processing and warehousing services of traditional Chinese medicine producing areas, and link up the certification results with the certification work of national drug management quality management standards (GSP) and drug production quality management standards (GMP), so as to ensure that enterprises engaged in public storage services of traditional Chinese medicine materials have corresponding storage conditions.

(4) give full play to the role of trade associations. Support the establishment of professional organizations for the storage of traditional Chinese medicine, and give full play to the positive role of relevant trade associations in the formulation, publicity and implementation of standards for traditional Chinese medicine, personnel training, professional consultation, etc. Promote industry associations to deeply study issues related to the construction of traditional Chinese medicine logistics system, strengthen industry self-discipline and business exchanges, actively advocate and promote new logistics models, and promote the healthy development of modern logistics of traditional Chinese medicine.