It is with immense sadness that AcuMedic, chinalife, CMIR and the Mei family announce the tragic news that Professor Man Fong Mei passed away on 8th January 2014. A pioneer in Chinese Medicine and East West integration, a philosopher, a physicist and a poet. He will be sorely missed by all those who he touched with his inspiration and positive energy.

Everyone at AcuMedic, CMIR and chinalife will strive harder to continue Professor Mei’s lifework. More details and a longer announcement will be made shortly. Any messages of condolence can be sent to Adena

Summary Report

Continue reading →

Report Update from the AcuMedic Centre, London

As the Principal Lecturer of the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Student Selected Component (SSC) organised by AcuMedic Foundation for medical students at King’s College London, Professor Mei marked the students’ oral presentations as part of their final examinations and awarded commendations for the top three students. The presentations took place at the AcuMedic Centre on 5th December 2013.

Continue reading →

Report Update from Nanjing, China 

Professor Mei attended the Chinese medicine education conference convened by the Education Instruction Committee on 8th-10th November 2013.

Continue reading →

Report Update from London 

At this meeting organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Integrated Healthcare on 22nd October Dame Sally, UK Chief Medical Officer, made a passionate presentation in which she highlighted the crisis threatened by the rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The meeting was chaired by Right Hon. David Tredinnick MP (Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Continue reading →

Report Update from Beijing 

This conference was convened by the Chinese Medicine Speciality Committee on 2nd – 3rd October, 2013.

Continue reading →

A Report on the Event held at the Forum, AcuMedic Centre, 7th December 2013

This interactive, informal presentation introduced famous scholars’ historical contributions as the masters of China’s intellectual and artistic traditions and highlighted their present role in sharing our efforts to solve the problems of global concern.

Continue reading →

For MP David Tredinnick to use at the Science Committee Meeting, 25th November 2013

Widespread overuse of antibiotic and antiviral drugs in China is now an increasing concern in Chinese media.

Prominent experts such as Professor Zhong Nan Shan warned that, unless measures are taken to nationally arrest the overuse of antibiotic and antiviral drugs, epidemics will spread at an unprecedented rate. Future challenges posed by infectious diseases in mainland China will pose a health threat of major proportions.

Continue reading →

 A Report on the Event held at

The Forum, AcuMedic Centre, 7^th September 2013  

This seminar was specially organised by the Chinese Medical Institute and Register (CMIR) to advise practitioners on how they can prescribe herbal medicine in compliance with the new law due to come into force on 1^st January 2014.

On 31st December 2013 the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will end the ‘sell through’ transition period of herbal medicine products. What this means to Chinese medicine practitioners is that they have to set up their own dispensary to individually make up and prescribe herbal medicine. They can no longer prescribe ready-made herbal medicine products to their patients.

Professor Man Fong Mei, Chairman of the CMIR and the Chinese Medical Council (CMC), led the seminar by providing a clear explanation of the ongoing regulatory situation and what practitioners must do to ensure that they retain the right to prescribe herbal medicine. Chinese medicine practitioners must take the following steps:

Continue reading →