Guangzhou to Develop Top TCM Trading Center
Qingping Medicine Center Complex in Qingping Market in Liu-er-san Lu in Guangzhou.
清平中药材药材交易中心位于广州六二三路的清平市场内。
Accordingto the Guangzhou Daily, the Guangzhou Government will develop theQingping Trading Center of Genuine Chinese Herbal with total budget ofone billion yuan (128 million USD).
据广州日报报道，广州市政府将投资10亿元将清平市场建设成为全国质量可靠、最专业、最有影响力的中药材集散地和中药材交易平台。
Phase one of the center has been put into operation while the construction of phase two will be completed in 2009.
一期已投入使用，投资3亿元，建筑面积5.4万平方米。二期总建筑面积6万平方米，将在2009年建成。
The center is located at the Qingping Medicine Center Complex in Qingping Market in Liu-er-san Lu in Guangzhou.
药材交易中心位于广州六二三路的清平市场内。
ViceGuangzhou Mayor Wang Xiaoling said Guangzhou would be gearing todevelop Qingping Market to be the biggest and best market oftraditional Chinese medicine in China.
广州市副市长王晓玲表示，将清平市场建设成为全国质量可靠、最专业、最有影响力的中药材集散地和中药材交易平台。
QingpingMarket is one of the seventeen traditional Chinese medicine markets inthe country, with average annual trading turnover of two billion yuan(256 million USD) amounting to 25 % of the national turnover. It isalso the only market of its kind in Guangdong.
清平中药材专业市场是全国17个中药材市场专业市场之一。市场年交易额近20亿元，占全国中药材交易的25%，是广东省唯一的中药材专业市场。
