Deputy governor of Sichuan Province Ke Zunping said Monday that his province will host an international conference on modernization of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM)  from Sept. 26 to 28 in Chengdu, the provincial capital.

Ke said that the scheduled conference will attract lots of world recognized experts in traditional Chinese medical sciences and medicines.

Li Xueyong, vice-minister of Science and Technology, said at a press conference that natural medicines are better and better received by global consumers in tandem with advancement of life sciences.

China should modernize its industry in traditional Chinese medicines, Li said.

The conference will be broken down into sub topics such as high technologies, traditional theories and their latest development, herbal resources and their manufacturing, and clinical appraisal on safety of traditional Chinese medicines, Ke said.

Organizers, including the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health and others, have launched an official website of the conference at www.icetcm.com.

(Xinhua News Agency February 1, 2005)