Dear member societies: The 9th General Assembly (GA) of WFAS is to be held in Beijing, China on December 2, 2017. One of the major tasks of this GA is the election of the 9th Executive Committee of WFAS. Let’s seize this golden opportunity to look back at the 30-year history of WFAS for valuable experiences so as to guide our future path. We are honored to invite delegates from your organization to present in the 9th GA of WFAS to give

    2017世界华人医师年会于2017年9月21日,在青岛召开,会上举办了世界华人中医医师协会成立大会。世界华人医师协会会长张雁灵及理事长石丽英出席会议。中国中医科学院院长、天津中医药大学校长张伯礼院士当选为首任世界华人中医医师协会会长，随之选出14位副会长、1位秘书长、1位副秘书长、65位委员。   会长张雁灵致辞中表示，中医作为中国医学的传统瑰宝,需要不断发扬光大。为促进海内外中医药领域的学术交流，加强中西医结合的研究和探索，提升中医药在世界医学领域的影响力，成立世界华人中医医师协会是完全必要的，是凝聚力的体现。协会的成立将有助于团结世界华人中医师，加强中医界的交流和协作发展。现在，中医药受到国家重视，国际认可，正面临着发展的大好机遇，协会在这样的背景下成立,具有特殊的意义。怎样把世界华人中医师凝聚在一起，更好的为世界各国人民服务，这是协会成立的目的和宗旨。   他希望，世界华人中医医师协会成为一个,世界各地中医师交流合作的国际大平台,通过这个平台,展示好的中医项目，传播中医文化，使之在国外能够落地和推广。同时,也可以利用平台开展培训，推进人才教育，开展有国际影响力的学术会议。张会长强调，协会今后可以在3方面做工作：推广中医技术、做好中药、培养好中医药人才。 天津中医药大学第二附属医院王保和副院长,代表世界华人中医医师协会会长张伯礼致辞。他指出，中医药学是中华文明的杰出代表和古代科学的结晶，也是打开中华文明宝库的钥匙。在数千年的发展历史进程中，形成独特的生命观、健康观、疾病观、防治观，是对世界医学发展的一大贡献。随着世界人口老龄化、疾病谱改变和医疗模式的转变，中医药越来越显示出独特的优势。在海外，中医药具有深厚的民众基础，为维护和增进人民群众健康水平作出了重要贡献，同时也产生了广泛的国际影响，越来越多的国家和地区开始重视传统医药在本国医药卫生体制中的作用。在海内外华人和中医师的大力推动下，中医药国际发展取得了突出成绩。   他表示，今年7月1日《中华人民共和国中医药法》正式实施，《中医药发展战略规划纲要（2016-2030年）》等一系列国家层面的发展规划发布，中医药事业全面发展迎来了“天时地利人和”的大好机遇。今天成立的世界华人中医医师协会将推动中医药国际化发展进程，在加强学术交流和信息共享、增加国际合作和人才培养、加强标准制定等方面做出努力。   会上，石丽英理事长宣读了世界华人医师协会关于成立“世界华人中医医师协会”的批复。张雁灵会长为世界华人中医医师协会会长、副会长、秘书长、副秘书长、委员颁发了聘书。   学术论坛阶段，董竞成、周林福、高秀芳、车飞、徐虹、陶凯、尚东、李泽庚、秦倩、贾英杰、唐子惠、戴标、俞建、吕志刚、于卫东、路小云等专家分别作了专题报告。   加拿大卑诗省中医针灸师公会会长车飞及理事于卫东出席了世界华人中医医师协会成立大会,并为学术论坛作了专题报告       The Worldwide Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Physicians Was Established in Qingdao   On September 21 of 2017, the worldwide TCM conference was held in Qingdao. Meantime the Worldwide Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Physicians was established in this meeting. The chairman: Yanling Zhang and President of a council: Liying Shi attended this conference. The president of the Chinese academy in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):Boli zhang was elected the initial president of the Worldwide Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Physicians. Meantime, the

Services made by a person practising the profession of acupuncture have been exempt from the GST/HST from 2014/2/11. For more details, please see: b-110—cra-acupuncture 中醫針灸師提供的針灸服務自2014/2/11免除GST/HST, 聯邦政府提供實務運作詳解: b-110—cra-acupuncture

Deadline is September 25th, 2015 – 截止日期:2015年9月25日 Dear ATCMA Members, As you may know that CTCMA will be holding elections for their board members. A total of 9 are on the board with 6 elected from the registrants. Being on this board means that you can be a voice for the decisions made for the members and a direct part of any change. We would like to see if anyone is interested from our membership to stand up for the CTCMA board elections:

继续教育讲座简报   在2015年7月12日的继续教育讲座中，ATCMA邀请到华人一手《软组织损伤徒手疗法》的创始人——李建民医生在Langara College讲授并现场演示了软组织损伤徒手疗法。这次讲座是李建民医生自7月8日开始在温哥华授课的最后一讲，将近50名会员到场听课观摩。 In the workshop on July 12, ATCMA invited Dr. Jianmin Li, the founder of the “Manual Therapy Approach in Treating Soft Tissue Injuries”, to teach and demonstrate this therapy approach at Langara College. This workshop was the last session of Dr. Li’s lecture tour in Vancouver since July 8. There were  almost 50 members attended the lecture.   据报道，超过1/4的加拿大居民患有各种痛证，其中很多人得不到西医体系的有效帮助，或者仅靠应用止痛药控制疼痛，但中医在治疗痛证方面有着独到的优势。华人一手《软组织损伤徒手疗法》正是以治疗全身肌肉疼痛为主，包括脊椎和四肢关节疼痛，并治疗由肌痛症引起的各种内科相关症状。 According to the report, over 1/4 of  Canadian suffer all types of pain, among them many could not get effective cure from western

Dear members, Welcome to order the Brochure to place it in your clinic. At the back of the Brochure, you can put a label or stamp on it. There are English version and Chinese version. This is a very good introduction to let the public understand more acupuncture and “Things you should know when you choosing your acupuncturist.” The price of 50 Brochures is $15.75 (include GST). The shipping rate is $12 within BC. Pick up at the office no shipping fee

  In 2015, there is no other event that is more important than the massive anti U.S. Chinese medicine profession dry needle action. While we are praising and cheering for the American counterparts through the united efforts of getting their first victory on Anti Dry Needle action, fewer individuals have found our TCM industry in British Columbia is also facing the crisis. Currently, College of Physical Therapists of BC has included the acupuncture needles service into their scope of practice, which is

Fort McMurray Disaster  The ATCMA Board wishes to extend our best wishes to all of the residents of Fort McMurray and surrounding area that were affected by the wild fire and evacuation. The ATCMA will be making a donation to the Canadian Red Cross www.redcross.ca  . We encourage our members to each make a charitable donation to the Red Cross Disaster relief fund. Every dollar counts and donations are tax deductible so please give what you can. The equivalent of