Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education cooperates with Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education, which was established by the Top-ranking Professor Zhang, Yi in 1949. It has been rated as “Guizhou Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology”, “Characteristic key disciplines of Guizhou Province”, “Naitonal Key disciplines (Nurture)”, “Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education” in 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2013. At the end of 2016, it was officially approved for the construction of the "Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education".
Under the leadership of the academic committee, the laboratory has a high-level research team, including the innovation team of "Yangtze River Scholars and Innovation Team Development Plan", the scientific and Technological innovation team of Guizhou Province, the New Century Outstanding Talents Support Plan of the Ministry of Education, the first batch of "Young Talents Promotion Project", "Ten million Talents Project" and other high-end talents. The laboratory is supported by advanced instruments and equipment, and the core is first-class talents. It is a world-class scientific research platform and training base for innovative talents.
Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education is a discipline laboratory led by the secondary disciplines such as pharmacology and many interdisciplines, which is guided by the major scientific problems and social needs in the development of ethnic medicine. It makes full use of the advantages of distinctive ethnic medicinal materials resources, combines the advantageous research directions of various scientific research institutions, focuses on the basic research of the application of distinctive ethnic medicines, combines basic and applied research, takes innovative drug development as the main line, clarifies the material basis and mechanism of distinctive ethnic medicines, and develops distinctive ethnic medicines based on modern drug standards to provide the original theoretical basis, intellectual property rights and key technology guarantee for the development of the characteristic ethnic medicine industry. It forcefully promotes higher education to promote high-quality development of regional economy and society in an all-round way, leads and supports major strategic needs of the country and region, and is a comprehensive research platform with distinctive characteristics and multidisciplinary integration to cultivate world-class pharmaceutical talents with the spirit of seeking truth and innovation and international vision, knowledge, ability and quality.










