Guided by international market needs, the Research Team on CMM Pharmacodynamic Materials and International Standards carries out systematic exploratory efforts in areas such as industry surveys, analysis of the current status and needs of standardization, research on component-efficacy correlations, and the conversion between domestic and international standards. The team has led multiple national and provincial-level research projects and has taken the lead in developing several ISO international standards—including those for Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense fruit, Gardenia jasminoides fruit, Curculigo orchioides rhizome, as well as the Report on the Panax ginseng Industry and Standardization Needs. Additionally, it actively participates in the development of numerous other ISO standards for CMM. 

The team's achievements have been recognized with awards such as the First Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, the First Prize of Chongqing Science and Technology Progress Award, the Third Prize of the Shanghai Standard Innovation Contribution Award, the Second Prize of Shanghai Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Award, and the Third Prize of Chinese Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Award. Team members serve as Project Manager of the ISO/TC 249 International Secretariat and Secretary of ISO/TC 249/SC1/WG2, leading or participating in the development of multiple domestic standards.

In standardization innovation, the team explores sharing mechanisms between ISO standards and different national pharmacopeias. Collaborating with Leiden University and Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, it has achieved synchronous development and publication of the ISO standard for Ligusticum chuanxiong rhizome and its corresponding monograph in the European Pharmacopeia. The team is also conducting feasibility studies on incorporating ISO CMM standards into the EU traditional herbal medicine registration system and collaborating with the University of Hamburg on promoting, applying, and certifying ISO standards.

Driven by technological innovation, the team integrates AI and big data with CMM research. Focusing on key areas such as ecological cultivation, intelligent traceability, production and circulation, quality and safety evaluation, and clinical services, it strengthens technological empowerment to accelerate the development and enhancement of standards. This enables the construction of an international standard system covering the entire CMM chain—from field to clinic—thereby advancing the industry from heritage conservation to innovation-led standardization. Through deepened Belt and Road cooperation, the team has innovatively established an institutionally open, two-way mechanism for standard conversion and application. This facilitates the international leap of standards and strengthens global soft connectivity. Guided by high standards, it steers the layout of the CMM industry in the global value chain and accelerates the overseas registration of CMM products as well as the industry's international upgrading.

Main Members:

Shi Yanhong (Researcher)、Wei Mengjuan (Associate Researcher)、Fan Jiawei