第四次全国中药资源普查试点工作从2009年开始筹备,2011~2012年先后分3批在全国22个省(区、市)启动了655个县的中药资源普查试点。共有8 000多名来自不同学科的专业技术人员组成普查队,按照全国统一普查技术规范和进度要求,开展了广泛深入的外业实地调查,获得了大量普查基础数据。前期启动的10个省(区、市)已完成70%以上的普查试点任务。据统计,截至到2013年5月底,全国中药资源普查数据库收集到资源调查样方套3万个,涉及药用物种9 000种,其中普查重点品种429种,采集标本47 665份、药材样品2 944份,拍摄药用植物形态及生态照片54万张,收集民间和民族传统医药知识500条。
Now the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine is organizing and implementing the fourth national survey of Chinese Materia Medica Resources(CMMR). This work started from 2009, the scope of this time national CMMR survey is 22 provinces and 655 counties to the end of 2012. 8 000 professional fellows from different subjects established the national survey team. According to the unique technical regulations, the national survey team developed the field investigation, got plentiful data. To May 2013 the national survey database collected 30 000 quadrat, 9 000 traditional Chinese medicinal materials, of which 429 important samples, gathered 47 665 specimens, 540 000 medicinal plants photos, and got about 500 folk medicine uses.