The establishment of the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies (hereinafter referred to as the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies) is an inevitable outcome of China's acupuncture medicine going global and developing to a certain historical stage. Since 1950s, the development of international acupuncture medicine has entered a brand-new stage, that is, the stage of combining traditional acupuncture with modern science and technology. At this stage, acupuncture will not be replaced by western medicine, nor will it become a vassal of western medicine physiotherapy, but will be further improved along its own development path. In the 1970s and 1980s, acupuncture medicine was paid more and more attention by the medical circles all over the world, and more and more doctors and scholars studied, applied and studied acupuncture. Acupuncture has spread to more than 120 countries and regions, and many countries have established acupuncture academic organizations, and international acupuncture academic exchanges have become increasingly frequent. With the arrival of the world's "acupuncture fever", some people of insight in the acupuncture field all over the world agree that it has become a direct need to form a world-wide acupuncture academic joint organization to promote the development of acupuncture medicine in the world.

198212 At a meeting on meridian and acupoint names held by the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Regional Office in Manila in February, some national acupuncture scholars attending the meeting proposed the establishment of a world acupuncture federation, and agreed to make preliminary preparations headed by Japanese Professor Kentaro Takagi. As China is the birthplace of acupuncture, the international acupuncture community has repeatedly called on China to play an important role in international acupuncture academic activities and take the lead in establishing a world-wide acupuncture organization with its office in Beijing, with a view to uniting acupuncture groups in various countries and promoting the development of acupuncture.

1June, 984, held a meeting in Kyoto, Japan. The meeting adopted the opinions of China acupuncture scholars, and decided to take the opportunity of holding the second national symposium on acupuncture anesthesia in China to invite scholars from major countries and regions to set up the preparatory committee of the World Acupuncture Federation. In August of the same year, the Preparatory Committee of the World Needle Federation was formally established in Beijing.

1987165438+1October 22nd, sponsored by the Chinese acupuncture society, the inaugural meeting of the World Acupuncture Federation and the first World Acupuncture Academic Conference were held, and the World Acupuncture Federation was announced in Beijing. The first general meeting of members * * * accepted 57 group members (including 5 international groups), with members distributed in nearly 100 countries and regions, mostly in Asia, Europe and America. Members of 57 groups represent more than 37,000 acupuncturists. The Congress adopted the Constitution of the World Federation of Needles and the Code of Ethics of the World Federation of Needles.