The opening ceremony of the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum on Traditional Medicine was held on Thursday in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, bringing new opportunities for the growth and international cooperation of traditional medicine.
This year's event set a record for international attendance, drawing 81 delegates from 21 countries, including Sri Lanka, Belarus, India and Kazakhstan. The delegation features senior government officials, health ministers, foreign diplomats and representatives from international bodies such as the SCO Secretariat and the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies. Officials noted that the strong participation of high-level leaders signals a shift in traditional medicine cooperation – moving from basic academic exchange toward joint platform building and shared institutional mechanisms.