China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center (CBIATC) was set up in 1975 at the request of the World Health Organization (WHO) and with the approval of the State Council. Under the leadership of the Chinese government, WHO and the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), it has developed into an authoritative organization of acupuncture training that is well known in the world.

History 
More than 30 years ago, many foreign friends expressed their wishes to study acupuncture in China. The Chinese Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Trade asked the State Council for guidelines to run an acupuncture training course for foreign doctors. With the approval of the State Council and the full support of WHO, the training center was established in April1975, and it was acknowledged as an International Acupuncture Training Center by the United Nations Development Program in 1982. In 1983, it was named CBIATC, according to File 281 of the Ministry of Health, to reflect the fact that more and more foreign doctors were coming to study acupuncture. Aimed at spreading acupuncture to medical workers all over the world, the center has provided training in acupuncture, Chinese medicine, Qigong, etc. for more than 100 countries up until now. As the WHO collaborating center for traditional medicine, the center has successfully fulfilled the task given by WHO: 'to perfect methods for training in acupuncture and to provide training opportunities for foreign students'.

 

Advantages
CBIATC is a WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine and a professional acupuncture training organization authorized by the China State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Led by the Acupuncture Institute of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, it has an excellent teaching team composed of academicians, professors and experienced translators. Its Beijing Health-Healing International Travel Service provides travel services. Located in Beijing, it benefits greatly from the humane environment of China.