中国结合医学杂志（英文版）Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Author Name	Affiliation	E-mail
En-chang Li	Editorial Department of Chinese Medical Ethics, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710061, China
Ping Du	Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
Ke-zhou Ji	Philosophy Department, Yan’an University, Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, 716000, China
Zhen Wang	Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710038, China	swzwang@126.com

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Abstract:

The Chinese medical ethics committee and the ethical review system have made the following achievements: (1) enabled the institutionalization of medical ethics, (2) carried out the ethics review of Chinese medicine (CM) and integrative medicine extensively, (3) trained a large number of ethical professionals, (4) supported and protected the interests of patients and subjects, and (5) ensured the correct direction of biological research and provided ethical defense for the publication of its results. However, at the same time, they are also faced with some new problems and difficulties that need to be resolved in the following ways: (1) to refine the relevant rules of ethical review, (2) to develop the relevant standards of the CM and integrative medicine ethical review, (3) to enhance the independence and authority of ethics committee, (4) to emphasize innovation and to discover and solve new problems, and (5) to increase international exchanges and improve relevant research.