Guizhou University of traditional Chinese medicine was founded in 1965, formerly known as "Guiyang College of traditional Chinese medicine". Since its establishment, the school has adhered to the motto of "morality, ambition, learning and practice", adhered to the school running philosophy of "development first, quality-oriented, innovation as the source, and talent cultivation for use", and took the cultivation of senior traditional Chinese medicine talents as its own responsibility, serving the development of traditional Chinese medicine and national medicine and its industry, and serving the national and regional economic and social development. Adhering to the road of characteristic development, the university has become a University of traditional Chinese medicine with traditional Chinese medicine as the main and multidisciplinary support, integrating teaching, scientific research and medical treatment into a whole, with a master's degree and a wide range of talents.

The university is a key university supported by Guizhou Province and jointly built for the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine and the people's Government of Guizhou Province. In 2018, it was renamed Guizhou University of traditional Chinese medicine with the approval of the Ministry of education. In October, 2021, it was approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council to be added as a doctoral degree granting unit, and was approved to have three doctoral degree granting points.

The school has two campuses, Huaxi and Jiaxiu, covering an area of about 1300 mu. There are basic medical college, College of pharmacy, College of nursing, College of Humanities and management, College of acupuncture and massage, College of bone injury, College of physical education and health (Ministry of sports), College of information engineering, College of traditional Chinese medicine and health preservation, first clinical medical college, Second Clinical Medical College, Graduate School, College of Marxism, Department of foreign language teaching, College of vocational education and adult education (College of Continuing Education), Miao Medical College, College of medical examination and technology 19 directly affiliated hospitals (departments) such as the College of public health and the rehabilitation college, and 10 Institutes of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicine; The two directly affiliated hospitals are both class III class a traditional Chinese medicine hospitals. The First Affiliated Hospital is "Guizhou Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine" and the Second Affiliated Hospital is "Guizhou Hospital of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine".

The school has 1233 full-time teachers, including 620 with doctor's degree or above, 603 with senior professional title and 900 under the age of 45. There are 2 national medical masters, 5 national famous traditional Chinese medicine, 1 "Qihuang scholar", 2 "young Qihuang scholars", 1 national talent project, 2 chief scientists of the national key research and development plan, 2 national famous teaching teachers, 9 provincial famous teaching teachers, and more than 200 experts and scholars of National paste, core, provincial management, provincial famous traditional Chinese medicine. There are 8 provincial and ministerial teaching teams and 12 provincial scientific and technological innovation teams. There are 755 master tutors, 25 doctoral tutors, and 39 part-time doctoral tutors. Since 2004, 46 doctoral students have been jointly trained with the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, Tianjin University of traditional Chinese medicine, Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese medicine, etc. There are 5 studios (stations) of national medical masters, 3 studios of national famous traditional Chinese medicine, 20 inheritance studios of national famous and old traditional Chinese medicine experts, 1 inheritance studio of ethnic and folk doctors (pharmacists) in Guizhou Province, and 15 provincial talent training bases and talent teams.

The university has 32 undergraduate majors, covering 7 disciplines: medicine, science, engineering, management, law, education, and agriculture. At present, there are 2 first-class disciplines authorized for doctoral degrees, 1 category authorized for doctoral professional degrees, 4 first-class disciplines authorized for master's degrees, and 6 categories authorized for master's professional degrees. There are 32 key disciplines at or above the provincial and ministerial level, including 1 national key (cultivation) discipline, 18 key disciplines of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, 4 key disciplines with Guizhou characteristics, 7 key disciplines of Guizhou Province, and 2 first-class construction disciplines of Guizhou Province. There are 4 national characteristic majors, 2 national first-class professional construction sites, 1 national professional comprehensive reform pilot project, and 1 national excellent (traditional Chinese Medicine) talent education and training plan construction project; There are 3 national quality video open courses and 2 national first-class courses; There is a national experimental teaching demonstration center and a national off campus practical education base for college students; There are 7 provincial demonstration undergraduate majors, 3 provincial characteristic majors, 13 provincial first-class professional construction sites, 4 provincial professional comprehensive reform projects, and 3 provincial excellent talent education and training plan construction projects. There are 13 provincial-level quality courses, 5 provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 provincial-level college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training centers, and it has been approved as the "provincial innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration base innovation and entrepreneurship support platform construction project" of the provincial development and Reform Commission provincial innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration base; Won 21 provincial first-class university construction projects. There are 4 provincial graduate education innovation bases, 5 graduate workstations, 1 graduate tutor studio, 5 Guizhou Excellent Talents Program projects, 1 Graduate excellent course, and 5 Guizhou professional degree graduate course case banks. In the past five years, it has won 21 provincial-level first-class university construction projects, 6 provincial-level ideological and political demonstration courses, 1 provincial-level ideological and political teacher studio, and 2 curriculum ideological and political teaching reform research projects. There are 9 key projects of provincial graduate education and teaching reform, and 37 projects of provincial graduate scientific research fund; Won 11 provincial graduate teaching achievement awards, including 2 special awards and 3 first prizes; He has won 6 provincial teaching achievement awards of higher education, including 1 special prize and 1 first prize. The chief editor of the University participated in the compilation of more than 400 national planning textbooks, including 89 chief editors and 169 deputy chief editors.

The university continues to strengthen the construction of scientific research platforms, including 39 scientific research platforms at or above the provincial and ministerial level, including 5 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, 1 National Engineering and Technology Research Center (jointly built), 1 national drug clinical research base, 1 National Traditional Chinese medicine industry technology system test station, and 1 International Joint Laboratory of the Ministry of education. In 2009, it was rated as "excellent unit for the construction of national modern science and technology industry base of traditional Chinese medicine" by the Ministry of science and technology, and in 2011, it was rated as "excellent team of science and technology management in Colleges and universities during the Eleventh Five Year Plan" by the Ministry of education. In the past five years, the university has undertaken 2167 scientific research projects, including 196 national projects and 2 national key R & D projects. Won 27 provincial and ministerial achievement awards, including one first prize; It has obtained 656 patents and published 477 monographs. In 2021, the number of projects approved by the National Natural Science Foundation ranked eighth among colleges and universities of traditional Chinese medicine in China.

The University insists on writing papers on the earth, vigorously implements the "three hundred" project (organizing 100 doctors to enter enterprises, organizing 100 doctors to go to rural areas, and establishing 100 research centers), and focuses on solving key technical problems in the traditional Chinese medicine industry. Major breakthroughs have been made in the imitation of wild cultivation of Gastrodia elata, Dendrobium, and the sexual reproduction, detoxification and rejuvenation of Pseudostellaria heterophylla. He presided over the formulation of 183 local food safety standards for Dendrobium candidum leaves and quality standards for local medicinal materials such as star anise, and led the development of 19 seedling medicine products such as Relinqing granules and Xianlinggubao capsules. The planting area of traditional Chinese medicine in the province ranked second in the country, providing strong scientific and technological support for the "100 billion output value" of the health industry in Guizhou Province. The ucpc was rated as an advanced Party Organization for poverty eradication in Guizhou Province by the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee.

At present, there are 18141 students in school, including 1847 master's students. The school vigorously carries out quality education, and students' innovative and practical ability is outstanding. "College student youth volunteer association" is one of the first batch of youth volunteer associations in Colleges and universities across the country. In 2011, it was rated as "the second national top ten outstanding groups for college students to participate in the construction of new countryside"; The "AIDS prevention volunteer association" was rated as the "advanced collective of the red ribbon health package 'hundreds of schools into thousands of enterprises' activity" by the AIDS prevention Office of the State Council, the Ministry of health, the Communist Youth League Central Committee and other units. The "College Students' Medical Science Association" established in 1982 is one of the earliest college students' science associations in China. In the previous "Challenge Cup" National College Students' extracurricular academic and technological works competition, he won 1 special prize, 5 second prizes and 20 third prizes. It won one silver award and four bronze awards in the "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Entrepreneurship plan competition, the Bronze Award in the national finals of the seventh "Internet +" College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship competition, one silver award and three bronze awards in the "Youth Red Dream building journey" track. In the past five years, he has won the first prize of the group in the national "Huangdi Neijing" knowledge competition, the national "traditional Chinese Medicine Society Cup" knowledge and skills competition for students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine, "huiyigu Cup" national clinical ability competition for students of traditional Chinese medicine, and the national College simulated collective negotiation (negotiation) competition. A large number of outstanding young talents and vanguard teams represented by the "National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award", "China Volunteer Service Gold Award", "national vitality League branch", "national top 100 volunteers", "National Excellent Communist Youth League members", "three to the countryside national advanced workers", "national outstanding young students in Colleges and universities of traditional Chinese medicine", "Xiaoping scientific and technological innovation team" and "provincial May 4th Youth Medal" have emerged. In the past five years, the average annual employment rate of fresh undergraduate graduates has been 90%, and the graduate employment rate has reached more than 93%.

With an open vision, the school actively serves the national "the Belt and Road" development initiative, and strives to establish a new pattern of traditional Chinese medicine education centered on ASEAN and radiating around the world. It has established exchanges and cooperation with universities and scientific research institutions in France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; Carry out education for overseas students in China, and carry out training in traditional Chinese medicine for academic groups and institutions in Britain, Brazil, Ecuador and other countries; Cooperate with British universities to hold a Sino foreign cooperative school running project of pharmaceutical preparations; The International Joint Laboratory of the Ministry of education, overseas practice base, Sino German heart rehabilitation base and other projects were carried out smoothly; The continuous holding of China ASEAN academic forums on traditional medicine and ethnic medicine has played a positive role in promoting the internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine.

Towards a new era, the revitalization and development of traditional Chinese medicine is at the right time! Guizhou University of traditional Chinese medicine firmly seizes the precious opportunity of the high-quality development of Guizhou's medical and health undertakings, higher education undertakings and traditional Chinese medicine ethnic medicine industry. Based on Guizhou and facing the whole country, Guizhou University of traditional Chinese medicine integrates the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine into the five functions of talent training, scientific research, serving the society, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international exchange and cooperation. It focuses on development, upholds the new chapter of the innovation spectrum, and aims to build the university into a first-class university with distinctive characteristics in China Strive hard for universities of traditional Chinese medicine with great influence at home and abroad!