China will build 10 traditional Chinese medicine trading centers worldwide by 2015 to promote TCM abroad. Key tasks include fostering TCM talents, supporting scientific innovations and developing a statistics system for the TCM trade. Currently, China exports its TCM services, such as TCM training and medical treatments, to 160 countries and regions worldwide. The total trading volume of TCM services is nearly CNY2.5 billion, said Wang Guoqiang, Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. China has 36,000 institutes involved in TCM medical services, research and training, 803,000 certified TCM teachers and 15,000 people involved in new technology research and development of TCM.