Yeongdeok-gun Successfully Concludes International Forum on Globalization and Industrialization of Traditional Medicine

‘K-MEDI Traditional Medicine Silk Road Project Working Forum’ Global Network Establishment

The K-MEDI Traditional Medicine Silk Road Project Working Forum, hosted by Gyeongbuk Province and Yeongdeok County and organized by Daegu Haany University, was successfully held on the 18th at the Kensington Resort in Gyeongju.

K-MEDI Traditional Medicine Silk Road Project Working Forum hosted by Gyeongbuk Province and Yeongdeok County and organized by Daegu Haany University. Provided by Yeongdeok County

The forum, held to globalize and industrialize traditional medicine, brought together government officials, academics, and business representatives from seven countries including the host nation, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, T?rkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, and Vietnam to discuss cooperation strategies.

Before the forum began, the participating countries adopted a joint declaration on the project, pledging to build a global network centered on traditional medicine for research, industrialization, and talent development, and to maintain close and continuous cooperation.

The participating countries presented cooperation strategies for traditional medicine by country at the event, including a proposal for joint research on smart farm technology for traditional medicinal herbs, sharing each country's cases and development plans based on this.

Yeongdeok County realized the establishment of an international cooperation network for the globalization and industrialization of traditional medicine through this forum and was evaluated as having presented a concrete roadmap for the future growth of traditional medicine.

In particular, it is expected to serve as a foothold to respond to regional extinction by promoting the value of Korea's traditional medicine to the international community centered on local regions and universities, and by presenting a new industrial model based on this.

County Governor Kim Gwang-yeol said, “This forum was an opportunity to discover Yeongdeok's potential together through traditional medicine from each country and to establish a practical foundation for cooperation to realize it,” adding, “Through this project, we will devote all our efforts to becoming the center of the traditional medicine industry by taking on the central role in the global network.”

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