Deepening the Reform of Higher Pharmaceutical Education for the 21st Century.
Pharmacy is a science that deals with the study of the functions of drugs interacting with human body and pathogens so as to prevent, diagnose and treat the diseases; to regulate the physiological mechanism of the human body; and to promote the human health. Therefore, the study of pharmacy should include the R&D, the production and the quality control as well as the distribution and clinical application of drugs. As an important part of the medical health-care studies, it plays a significant role in maintaining human reproduction and improving the quality of life, so that’s why the development of the pharmaceutical industry has attracted the attention of governments of all countries. In the beginning of the twenty-first century, China will be able to change from “big country” to a “strong power” in the field of drug manufacturing with the further modernization of its pharmaceutical industry. In order to achieve our goals, we will carry out a series of strategies to further develop the pharmaceutical industry in China through the development of science and technology. Therefore, the further reform of China’s higher pharmaceutical education for the purpose of better meet the demand of the rapidly developing pharmaceutical sciences will be the urgent task facing the traditional form of pharmaceutical education in China.