Prof Rolf Pfrengle, rector of Dresden University of Applied Sciences, is one of the German guests at the scene.[Photo/Xinhua]

Prof Rolf Pfrengle, rector of Dresden University of Applied Sciences, is one of the German guests at the scene. With awareness of TCM's important role in Germany's health care field, he said he wants his university to become a cooperator of the association.

Prof Li Jianbing from China's Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine used to work as a TCM expert in Dresden in 2003. This time his university has reached agreements with the association to set up a China-Germany TCM Culture Exchange Center.

"We will shoulder the responsibilities together to promote the development of TCM in Germany," Li said.

An academic forum about TCM was held on Saturday afternoon, in which TCM doctors from Germany, Britain and the Netherlands shared their experience in acupuncture, infertility treatment and TCM external preparation.