The sixth Chiang-Chen meeting has officially started yesterday, and a cross-strait agreement on medical cooperation is expected to be signed this time, which, among other benefits, will impose stricter standards on imported Chinese medicine ingredients from China to better protect local consumers.

The red dates smell so good.

Goji berry, which is said to be good for one's eyes, is also one of the most popular Chinese medicine ingredients on the market.

The packaging of all the Chinese medicine ingredients only shows the production origin and the expiration date, without any more information.

The four best-selling Chinese medicine ingredients, including red dates, ginsheng,Angelica sinensis and goji berry amount to 50% of the total import of Chinese medicine ingredients.

But the imports are not inspected by proper authorities.

Department of Health staff only inspect the goods when they receive complaints.

This practice cannot effectively manage the quality of imported Chinese medicine ingredients.

Through this round of Chiang-Chen meeting, the Department of Health is going to safeguard the quality of Chinese medicine from the production origin sites.