Guangxi Yulin Chinese Herbal Medicine Market was established at 1988. Yulin at that time was neither a place of origin of Chinese herbal medicines nor a transportation hub city. After more than 20 years' development, there are more than 900 business households in Yulin Chinese herbal medicine market, with varieties of 1 10,000, and the annual turnover of the market exceeds 654,380+0 billion yuan, attracting a large number of drug dealers from Sichuan, Anhui, Henan, Zhejiang, Yunnan and other places to go to the countryside to build bases and find sources of goods, which makes Yulin Chinese herbal medicine industry develop rapidly. At present, more than 10 main varieties of Chinese herbal medicines in Yulin Chinese herbal medicine market are all locally produced. Asparagus and abrus cantonensis in Yuzhou and Fumian, star anise and cinnamon in Rongxian and Beiliu became famous brands, and Chinese herbal medicines became an important industry in Yulin.
In the process of exploring the international market, Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine industry will choose ASEAN as the first choice. "Gao Feng, director of Guangxi Health Department, said.
The launch of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Plan and the permanent establishment of China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning have brought infinite business opportunities to Guangxi Chinese medicine enterprises. Guangxi will seize this favorable opportunity, strengthen the investigation of the international Chinese medicine market, master the laws and regulations of different countries in the world, adopt different sales strategies, strengthen international academic exchanges and modern marketing methods, open up export channels of Chinese herbal medicines and explore the international market.
Guangxi is rich in Chinese herbal medicine resources, with more than 4600 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines. Among more than 400 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine raw materials commonly used in China, more than 70 kinds mainly come from Guangxi, among which 10 accounts for more than 50%~80% of the total national output. Besides abundant wild resources, Guangxi also cultivated medicinal materials on a large scale, accounting for about 20% of the national cultivated area, and it is one of the four major medicinal materials producing areas in China.
Statistics provided by Nanning Customs show that Guangxi, a big province of Chinese herbal medicine, is seizing the Chinese herbal medicine market in Southeast Asia with a rapid trend. In 2005, Guangxi exported more than $35 million of Chinese herbal medicines, an increase of 24.8% over 2004. Among them, the amount of Chinese herbal medicines exported to Vietnam exceeded 365.438 billion US dollars, accounting for 88.8% of the total export. Gao Feng said: "At present, a large number of Chinese herbal medicines are being sold to Vietnam through Aidian, a small town on the Sino-Vietnamese border. In Aidian, there are more than 100 merchants engaged in the import and export trade of Chinese herbal medicines. Every day, more than 100 tons of Chinese herbal medicines are transported from Aidian to Vietnam, with a maximum of more than 20 tons and an annual turnover of about 200 million yuan. Aidian Port has become the largest Chinese herbal medicine trade market on the Sino-Vietnamese border. "
Vietnamese folks have long maintained the habit of treating diseases with Chinese herbal medicines. According to Vietnamese historical records, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China's classic medical work Huangdi Neijing was introduced into Vietnam one after another. After the Southern Song Dynasty, Chinese medicine has been widely used among Vietnamese people.
The survey in Guangxi found that in recent years, the per capita medical expenses in Vietnam increased by about 10 times, and the Chinese medicine market also flourished. Merchants have opened more than 200 large Chinese medicine shops in various places. Most of the drugs sold in these pharmacies are imported from China, except a small part of them are locally produced in Vietnam.
Gao Feng said: "Vietnamese believe in the medical effect of Chinese herbal medicine. They call the Chinese herbal medicines produced in their own country' Southern Medicine' and the Chinese herbal medicines imported from China' Northern Medicine'. The medicinal materials imported by Vietnamese businessmen from China not only meet the needs of the Vietnamese consumer market, but also are re-exported to neighboring countries such as Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. "
More than ten years ago, there were only 100 local farmers and three muddy streets in Aidian, which is located in the border area of Guangxi. The active border trade of Chinese herbal medicines made Guangxi determined to increase the infrastructure construction of Aidian, a border town, during the border congress in 2002. Today, eight wide and tidy streets have turned Aidian into a magnificent border town, where more than 100 Chinese herbal medicine merchants from all over the country have invested and set up shops.
Aidian Port has developed Sino-Vietnamese border trade 100 years, and now it has become a transit point for goods connecting ASEAN and the southwest market of China. Every year, more than 80% of Chinese herbal medicines imported from China go through Aidian.
Sino-Vietnamese medicinal materials trade fever gave birth to "Chinese medicine cooperation fever", and the cooperation between the medical circles of the two countries in the field of traditional medicine is getting better and better. Recently, Li Wenzhong, president of Vietnam College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, visited China and said that Vietnam hopes to send some master's and doctoral students to China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine for TCM training. I also hope that China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine will send experts to Vietnam to provide medical services by teaching courses and treating diseases at the same time.
Gao Feng said that occupying the Vietnamese Chinese herbal medicine market is only the first step, and Guangxi will make full use of its geographical and resource advantages to accelerate its entry into the ASEAN Chinese herbal medicine market. In fact, Guangxi Chinese medicine enterprises have taken action to seize the opportunities in the ASEAN market. The bonesetting water in Yulin, Guangxi has been put on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand.