Recently, Jiangsu Longfengtang Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd. of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group was listed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as "Pilot project of high-tech industry standardization of Chinese medicine process intelligent manufacturing", and made significant progress, five of which key technologies obtained national utility model patents, filling the gap in the automation of Chinese medicine extraction and production in the industry. At the same time, the group won the evaluation of "two integration management system", among which three achievements, such as "the creation and application of internationally-oriented Chinese medicine overall quality standard system", won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress.

In recent years, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical has adhered to the inheritance of the essence, adhered to the integrity of innovation, and with the help of modern scientific and technological means, deeply explored the classic famous prescriptions and famous old Chinese medicine prescriptions, and developed a large number of new Chinese medicine drugs with independent intellectual property rights. For example, Weisu granules, Beiling Weitong granules, Suhuang cough capsules, Xiangshao granules, etc. have been listed, which highlight the unique clinical treatment value of traditional Chinese medicine. In terms of quality control of Chinese herbal medicine, the Yangtze River promotes ecological planting of Chinese herbal medicine, establishes Chinese herbal medicine planting base, and implements poverty alleviation action of Chinese herbal medicine industry. In order to strictly control the quality of Chinese medicinal materials from the source, the group has built 33 standardized production bases of Chinese medicinal materials across the country, with a planting area of 100,000 mu, and established a traceability system of Chinese medicinal materials to form the whole process of monitoring from medicinal materials planting to product listing.

In order to establish the most rigorous processing standards of Chinese medicinal materials and promote the application of modern information technology in the production of Chinese medicine, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical is committed to building the Longfengtang Chinese medicine health Industrial Park, and has built the integrated logistics system of Chinese medicine, the robot feeding system, and the production execution system, forming a complete set of modern Chinese medicinal materials pre-processing to extraction of the overall solution. The group has taken the lead in undertaking the research work of 15 plant monographs of Chinese medicinal materials in the European Pharmacopoeia, of which 5 varieties are listed in the European Pharmacopoeia. They have also seized the opportunity of the "Belt and Road" construction, and more than 10 traditional Chinese medicine varieties have gone to some countries and regions along the route.

"It is the mission of TCM practitioners to carry forward the cultural treasures of traditional Chinese medicine and to inherit, develop and make good use of the precious wealth left by our ancestors." 

Xu Jingren frankly, the current Chinese traditional medicine production information, intelligent is still in the initial stage. In order to improve the overall technical level of traditional Chinese medicine manufacturing, it is necessary to vigorously support the overall upgrading of the traditional Chinese medicine manufacturing industry, make full use of modern intelligent technology and big data technology, build intelligent traditional Chinese medicine manufacturing and production system, implement intelligent upgrading from the cultivation, harvesting, processing, preparation production, quality inspection, storage and transportation, and improve the overall quality control level of traditional Chinese medicine. Make Chinese medicine to green manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing upgrade.

Xu Jingren said that as Chinese herbal medicine plays a more prominent fundamental role in the development of traditional Chinese medicine and health services, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical vigorously develops standardized planting of Chinese herbal medicine, realizes the localization of origin, improved seed sources, planting ecology, production mechanization, development scale, industrial informatization, and product branding, and actively supports the construction of traditional Chinese herbal medicine production bases. All these are of great significance for promoting the sustainable and healthy development of TCM resources.