STATE ADMINISTRATION BOOSTS CONTROL OF QIGONG PRACTITIONERS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000200370013-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 21, 1990
• Content Type: IR

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SUBJ: STATE ADMINISTRATION BOOSTS CONTROL OF QIGONG PRACTITIONERS
SOURCE: BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 1608 GMT 21 DEC.90
TEXT:
((TEXT)) BEIJING, DECEMBER 21 (XINHUA) -- CHINA IS T A K I M
MEASURES-TO CONTROL THE, SPREAD OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, USING,QIGONG ((A
DEEP BREATHING METHOD)) IN A BID TO DEVELOP THIS TRADITIONAL CHINESE
THERAPY IN A HEALTWAY.
ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION OF
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, MANY CHARLATANS HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY
PRETENDING TO BE QIGONG PRACTITIONERS WHILE IN FACT SWINDLING PEOPLE
AND SPREADING SUPERSTITION.
ZHANG XIANGYU, A FEMALE SWINDLER WHO WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED,
DEFRAUDED PEOPLE OF NEARLY ONE MILLION YUAN IN THIS WAY.
DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN CHINA-ARE NOW REVIEWING,.
REGISTERING, EXAMINING AND APPROVING VARIOUS I1 GONGHOSPITALS,
OUTPATIENTLLDE1'AIt:,,_CLINICS, PRACTITIONERS AND _-OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS AND. PERSONNEL WHO TREAT PAT.I NTS_WITH _ICANG_THERAPY.
SOME ILLEGAL_QRGANIZATIONS AND PRACTITIONERS HAVR..$EE,I~;BANNED.
THE STATE ADMINISTRATION OF TRADITION CHIME SE MEDICINE IS
RESONSTMCAL.TREATMENT WITH QIGONG_AS A GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION.. IT STIPULATES THAT PERSONNEL.u.WHO...TREAT PATIENTS WITH.
OTGONG TMAPY MUST.. BE. PRACTITIONERS. WITH SECONDARY MEDICAL SCHOOL
EDUCATION OR_QUALIFIED. DOCTORS:_WHO HAVE. EXPERTISE IN THE RELATIVE
SKILLS.
IT ALSO STIPULATES THAT PERSONNEL WHO. USE "OUTSIDE.QI" TO TREAT
PATIENTS MUST BE EXAMINED AND LICENSED BY THE. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS
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OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE.
THE SAME APPLIES TO TEACHERS OF QIGONG, THE OFFICIAL SAID.
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