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- The first phase of the Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute commenced service on 11 December 2025 (11 December 2025)
- DH's Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute opens its permanent premises, offering free guided tours of Chinese Medicines Herbarium and medicinal plant garden starting tomorrow (with photos) (10 December 2025)
- The Chinese Medicine Online Webinar will be held on 16 December 2025 (21 November 2025)
- “Reference DNA Sequence Library for Chinese Materia Medica” has been updated in October 2025 (20 October 2025)
- The 6th to 12th monographs of project “Macroscopic and Microscopic Identification of Cortex type of Decoction Pieces Commonly Found in Hong Kong” have been published in June 2025 (30 June 2025)
- DH and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region sign co-operation arrangement on construction and management of medicinal plant garden (with photos) (27 June 2025)
- The 1st to 5th monographs of project “Macroscopic and Microscopic Identification of Cortex type of Decoction Pieces Commonly Found in Hong Kong” have been published in January 2025 (27 January 2025)
- DH publishes Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards Volume 11 (30 December 2024)
- New analytical methods of project “Analysis of Chemical Markers in Proprietary Chinese Medicines Containing Psoraleae and Ginseng” have been published in December 2024 (30 December 2024)
- A new analytical method of the project “Study on the Identification of Ziziphi Spinosae Semen and its Commonly Confused Species by DNA Method” has been published in Dec 2024 (20 December 2024)
- DH signs Co-operation Arrangement on Research for Quality Testing and Standards of Chinese Medicines with Experimental Research Center of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences to promote implementation of innovation and high-quality development of traditional Chinese medicine (with photos) (11 September 2024)
- GCMTI of DH extended scope of accreditation under the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS) to “Identification of Chinese Materia Medica by DNA Sequencing” (11 June 2024)
- DH signs Co-operation Agreement on Research of Chinese Medicines Standards and on Chinese Medicines Herbarium with National Institutes for Food and Drug Control of National Medical Products Administration (with photos) (9 May 2024)
- DH steps up enforcement to combat illegal sale of drugs and Chinese herbal medicines in retail shops for Labour Day Golden Week of Mainland (30 April 2024)
- Secretary for Health praises DH's new dedicated Digital Herbarium for Chinese Medicines website (with photo) (26 March 2024)
- The 21st to 30th monographs of project “Identification of Tiny Seed and Fruit Types of Chinese Materia Medica” have been published in February 2024 (28 February 2024)
- Recall of Chinese herbal medicine exceeding limits for aflatoxins (with photo) (21 February 2024)
- DH hosts 13th Meeting of International Advisory Board on Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards (with photos) (16 January 2024)
- DH investigates suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (2 January 2024)
Latest Activities
- The roving exhibition on Chinese Medicine will be held on 15-18 December 2025 in Dragon Centre.
