current status and development of monitoring on adverse reaction of traditional chinese medicine in china with the wide usage of traditional chinese medicine tcm and the diversity of its dosageforms the reports about adverse reaction adr caused by tcm were gradually increased as the cradle of tcm with tremendous manufacturing enterprise engaged for this purpose to establish and perfect the tcm adr monitoring is the problem that tcm industry should face to in this paper the key point of tcm adr monitoring was made clear by analysing the current situation and the problems presented in tcm adr monitoring in china and indicated that the nowday developing goals of tcm adr monitoring are to establish and perfect the technologic system for tcm adr monitoring strengthen the related basic research and enhance international communication and cooperation in this field