OREANDA-NEWS. The industry of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was listed as one of 8 leading industries in Anhui and Anhui-produced TCM decoction pieces accounted for 30% of nationwide.

Anhui boasts 3578 kinds of TCM, ranking 1st in East China and 6th nationwide. The growing area of TCM reaches 2 milliom mu this year while it only hit 876,000 mu ten years ago. In 2012, the industrial value of TCM reached 20.3 billion CNY, up 21% from the previous year.

In the first half of this year, the industrial value of TCM reached 10.7 billion CNY, up 25% year on year.