currently developing and expanding, it still has few internationally recognized brands based in the city. Traditional Chinese Medicine Market Bozhou is currently the capital of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in mainland China, with one of the largest TCM industries and production area in the country. In 2008, companies based in Bozhou exported over 160,000 tons of products (out of total Chinese exports of 240,000 tons). Whilst relatively underdeveloped compared to coastal regions of China, Bozhou continues to be the primary location and trading hub for TCM within China. The international TCM Expo is held in Bozhou in September each year which sees delegates from around the world coming to discuss TCM. Notable people Cao Song, father of Cao Cao Cao Cao (155 - 220), last chancellor and de facto ruler of the Eastern Han Dynasty Hua Tuo (110 - 208 (estimated)), renowned Eastern Han Dynasty physician, first inventor of general anaesthesia Hua Mulan, legendary heroine who disguised herself as a man in order to replace her father in the army draft Zhang Jun, (b. 1963), economist and professor at Fudan University References External links Government website of Bozhou (in Simplified Chinese) New English version of Bozhou's tourist website Cities in Anhui