Professor Zhao Zhongzhen, Chair Professor of SCM and world-renowned authority on bencao (Chinese materia medica) is the creative force behind this joint project. Drawing upon decades of field studies in more than forty countries and regions, Professor Zhao curated a special selection of anecdotes and photos about the spread of Chinese medicine along the Belt and Road. Not only does it provide a historical account of major events in the course of exchange between Eastern and Western traditional medicine, it also gives viewers an overview of the overseas and contemporary development of Chinese medicine. To complement the exhibition, Professor Zhao has recently released a new book to give a more detailed account of his discoveries on his journeys along the Belt and Road.
