Abstract:

Since 2000, we undertook four projects on standardization of TCM terminology founded by the Ministry of Science & Technology. Ourresearch achievements on Basic Terms of TCM and Clinical Terms were published by China National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies (CNCTST). The terms were spread to the academic fields and the whole society through different media, such as books, disks, internet, mobile app. etc., and were transformed into or applied to national and international standards. We also made the general principles for standardization of TCM terminology. Our researches are further expanding and deepening in the following aspects: 1. To complete the standardization of terms of other subjects except TCM; 2. To do textual research of terms difficult to standardize, which provide scientific evidence for the standardization of a term; 3. To construct synonym database, which promote the application efficacy of standardized terms; 4. To revise published terms, approve new terms, and to draw up national standard for complete edition of TCM terminology; 5. To translate and standardize TCM terms into multiple languages.

Key words: Traditional Chinese Medicine, terminology, standardization, general principle for standardization, textual research, synonym database, multi-lingual translation