With the tide of returning back to the nature, the natural plant medicine gets more and more attention around the world. The traditional Chinese medical science has been accepted by more and more people because of its special scientific theories and unique therapeutic effect. The traditional Chinese medicine costs less and has little side effect as it sources from the nature, so it has been concerned by all the countries on the earth. China, as the original country of traditional Chinese medicine, has a history of development and usage of traditional Chinese medical resource as long as thousands of years. However, facing to the broad international market, the export situation of traditional Chinese medicine in China is not satisfying. The market competitive capacity is far inferior to Japan and South Korea, which makes the Chinese disappointed. This paper analyses the advantages in the export of traditional Chinese medicine of our country and shows the export satiation by now. The author thinks that the unstable quality,questionable packing and limit from the trade barriers are main reasons to the unsatisfied export situation. Only in controlling the quality of the product, improving the packing, breaking the trade barriers and protecting the intellectual property, can we improve the export situation of traditional Chinese medicine.
【Key Words】traditional Chinese medicine quality standard trade barriers intellectual property