Talent team construction is the foundation of translational medicine research of acupuncture and moxibustion. In college education and continuing education after graduation

with the idea of translational medicine

it is necessary to cultivate both the ability of basic research and clinical skills for the students of traditional Chinese medicine

especially those majored in acupuncture and moxibustion

as well as train the acupuncture-moxibustion researchers who qualified with medical practitioner to contact with clinical practice

discover clinical scientific problems and research priorities

and engage in basic research at the same time. Acupuncture-moxibustion practitioners with higher education should be trained to be able to engage in basic and development researches on the premise of improving their clinical ability

so as to cultivate more translational research talents

build translational research team

and promote the pace of research and application of acupuncture-moxibustion translational medicine.