Source: China Daily

Qinghai, one of the largest producing areas for traditional Tibetan medicine across China, saw vigorous development in the industry in 2017, local authorities said. The province's output value of Tibetan medicine reached 2.6 billion yuan ($380 million) last year, accounting for 44 percent of the industry's total nationwide. Qinghai has more than 1,290 types of Tibetan medicine and grows about 200,000 hectares of herbs across the region. It is home to 19 Tibetan medicine pharmaceutical companies in the plateau region, and about 210 herbal therapies have been approved for manufacturing pharmaceutical products.