Chapter 222 Core Industry Layout
In fact, Liu Zhiye had another idea that he didn't say out loud, which was that Liujiazhuang would rely on the favorable conditions of Chinese herbal medicine planting to vigorously develop the traditional Chinese medicine industry in the future.

To develop Chinese medicine, planting Chinese herbal medicine is only one part of it, and they need to work hard to develop the cause of Chinese medicine. The two are closely related, complementary and indispensable.

The old man took a puff of his old dry tobacco. Amid the smoke, he asked in confusion, "Do you mean to say that we should start training Chinese medicine apprentices from the village primary school?"

"Whether the child's parents will agree is a question. Everyone hopes that their children can receive cultural education and have a good future when they grow up."

Liu Zhiye smiled and nodded, and he couldn't help but sigh. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep puff, and said, "In fact, going to school is just a way out for children. Only a few children can really achieve academic success. Most children will choose to give up studying in primary and secondary school."

"Instead of letting them do farm work so early, it is better to teach them a skill. Isn't studying medicine the best choice?" he added.

The old man nodded and said in agreement: "You are right. In the early days, if you wanted to learn Chinese medicine but didn't have any connections, you wouldn't have had the chance to learn. Even if you did have connections, it would still depend on whether the master would accept you."

He then asked doubtfully, "How will we find jobs for the many apprentices we will train in the future?"

The old man's worries are justified. There are indeed limited positions for traditional Chinese medicine practitioners nowadays. Most of them work in rural clinics or community clinics. Large hospitals still mainly use Western medicine. He can't help but feel a little worried.

At present, there are more traditional Chinese medicine practitioners than western medicine practitioners. There are about 270,000 to 280,000 practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, while there are less than 90,000 practitioners of western medicine. Therefore, according to the current situation, the employment pressure of studying traditional Chinese medicine in the future will be very high.

But Liu Zhiye's soul comes from the future, and he knows the future direction of the traditional Chinese medicine industry.

In the historical changes of Chinese traditional medicine, he knew that before the founding of New China, the number of Chinese traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in China was as high as 80.

However, in later generations, as time went by, before Liu Zhiye traveled through time, this number had dropped to less than 27.

After investigating some regional and county-level Chinese medicine hospitals, it was found that only about 10% of them could prescribe decoctions.

In other words, there are only 3 Chinese medicine practitioners who can truly use Chinese medicine thinking to treat patients, and the rest still need to further study and review the four major classics.

This makes people sigh at the difficulty of inheriting traditional Chinese medicine.

而这几十年里，华夏人口从4亿增加到今天的13亿多，中医却从80万人锐减到3万人;而西医则从1949年的约8.7万人发展到后世的175万人。

In later generations, there were approximately 30 to 50 practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine in the world, which exceeded the number of practitioners in the Xia Dynasty.

Many masters of traditional Chinese medicine were deeply saddened by this. They could not imagine that China's great talents in traditional Chinese medicine would be lost to this extent.

The number of traditional Chinese medicine talents in China has been shrinking, which is really worrying.

However, in the near future, the market size of traditional Chinese medicine will become larger and larger, which means that the development prospects of the traditional Chinese medicine industry are very broad.

The scale of the traditional Chinese medicine market in later generations is huge. The global market size of traditional Chinese medicine has reached approximately US$2022 billion in 2000, and it is expected that this figure will grow to US$2026 billion by 3000.

In 2022, the global Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) market size reached a staggering 13988.41 billion yuan, and the Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) market size also reached 11484.48 billion yuan.

According to forecasts, by 2028, the global market size of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) will reach a staggering 21668.62 billion yuan, with an estimated annual compound growth rate of 7.57%. This is a very impressive figure, enough to keep the entire industry vibrant.

Therefore, Liu Zhiye knows that the traditional Chinese medicine industry has broad prospects and that this emerging industry will have a longer period of prosperity in the future.

As a person who can see through the future prospects, Liu Zhiye decided to take advantage of the existing favorable conditions and enter this industry early.

There is no need to worry about what the old man is worried about. First of all, it is an indisputable fact that it takes more than ten years to cultivate and learn Chinese medicine knowledge.

But even from now on, there is no need to worry too much that the talented students will not be able to find jobs.

More importantly, with the widespread application and development of traditional Chinese medicine after the reform and opening up, the demand for traditional Chinese medicine talents will only continue to increase.

Liu Zhiye has strong financial resources and can fully develop the traditional Chinese medicine industry in leaps and bounds, and even provide more employment opportunities and better treatment for traditional Chinese medicine talents.

Liu Zhiye smiled and comforted the old man: "Grandpa, don't worry, the country's demand for medical talents will only grow, and our country will pay more and more attention to the training of medical talents." "I have a plan. Relying on the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine in our village, we can establish a Chinese medicine research base to achieve the integration of production, learning and research, and systematically train talents to study Chinese medicine.

Specifically, we can build the base into a place that integrates planting, research, education, and practice, and attract more people with lofty ideals to come and learn and study Chinese medicine.”

The old man suddenly understood the whole story. He said, "I always thought you just wanted to build a big house in the village to live in, but I didn't expect you really wanted to turn it into a research institute!"

After hearing this, Liu Zhiye smiled and said, "Of course this institute cannot do without it, but it can also be used to entertain relatives and friends who come by."

"It's a good idea, but it's not that easy to realize. Will the government allow us to run this institute ourselves?" The old man frowned and asked. Although he was enthusiastic, he also had some doubts.

After all, this is a major engineering project that involves many fields, from scientific research to technology, from funding to manpower, and every link needs to be carefully considered.

Liu Zhiye knew that the old man would ask this question, so he simply answered: "It has to be done slowly. I have a good relationship with Peking University, and I plan to establish contact with the Peking University School of Medicine first. They will build a research base in our village, and we will provide resources and share the results.

The Peking University School of Medicine will definitely be happy with this, it's a win-win plan. In addition, I have connections with Union Hospital, and their medical school also needs a good place like this."

The old man nodded, expressing his appreciation for all aspects of Liu Zhiye's plan, and thought it was indeed feasible. He said, "I think your idea is good, and I agree with you. If you need any help, just let me know. While you are still able to do so, I will help you as much as I can."

Liu Zhiye looked at the old man who was over seventy years old. Although the years had left deep marks on his face, his spirit was still vigorous.

Despite his old age, the old man gave him support without hesitation, and he was deeply moved by this emotion.

Liu Zhiye then asked, "I would like to ask you to help me find a few Chinese medicine doctors who know the whole story and can teach the children. I don't need them to have high medical skills, but at least they should not be mediocre."

The old man pondered for a moment and said, "I have several apprentices. Although they are rural doctors, they have superb medical skills and I personally teach them. They can definitely teach medical knowledge to the children."

Liu Zhiye was pleasantly surprised to hear this and said, "That's great! Please rest assured, I will take care of the salary and benefits, which will be no worse than being a doctor in a hospital. And they don't have to come to class every day, so it won't affect their current work."

The old man nodded slightly. Although he didn't know how much wealth Liu Zhiye had, he vaguely sensed some inside information and knew that he was not short of money, so he didn't worry about money anymore.

Not to mention other things, the money he spent on purchasing Chinese herbal medicines, medical books and classics was at least 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

He was just pretending to be ignorant even though he knew the truth. People say that old people become more cunning, and this is absolutely true.

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After noon.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Liu Zhiye explained his plan with the old man in detail to the third uncle and Principal Zhou.

While the third uncle was still in deep thought, Principal Zhou had grasped the ingenuity of the plan.

He strongly supports this matter, believing that it provides new future options for children and also adds a vocational school to the village, although it is a private education and the academic qualifications are not recognized by society.

There is no private education at present. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, most private education was integrated. It was not until the advent of the free market economy after the reform and opening up that real private education was restored.

Liu Zhiye believes that there is no rush to resolve this issue, and that it should be steadily advanced first, and after the school's educational achievements become apparent, the government should be asked to recognize its educational qualifications. If the goal cannot be achieved, it can be temporarily postponed until after the reform and opening up.

The third uncle suddenly realized and said excitedly: "Zhiye, you have done so many good things for the village, each of which is beneficial to the country and the people. But this one will benefit future generations, it is really a great thing!"

"Our children now have a new way to go. They no longer have to choose to live in the dirt because they cannot go to school."

Liu Zhitai studied medicine, and he went on to say, "Third Uncle is more than that. If a research institute is really established, the medical and health conditions here will also undergo earth-shaking changes."

(End of this chapter)