 A National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine was created to absorb existing TCM management in 1986 with major changes in 1998.China's National People's Congress Standing Committee passed the country's first law on TCM in 2016, scheduled to take effect 1 July 2017.The new law standardized TCM certifications by requiring TCM practitioners to (i) pass exams administered by provincial-level TCM authorities, and (ii) obtain recommendations from two certified practitioners.