A global criterion on education of Chinese medicine should be established to guarantee the inside quality of internationalization of Chinese medicine education. This may directly influence the whole level of medical practice and balancing development of Chinese medicine all over the world. This is also an important pledge for keeping complete and unique nature of theories of Chinese medicine during its entry into the world. International criterion of Chinese medicine education should include many aspects such as educational objectives and target

educational plan and method

student examination

teaching faculty

teaching evaluation

teaching resources and educational administration etc. which all take education of Chinese medicine as the common core. Establishment of the criterion should be based on the understanding of nurturing qualified professionals

taking into consideration not only objective reality in different countries and regions but also development of internationalization of Chinese medicine in the future. Therefore colleges and universities of Chinese medicine in mainland China should play a more leading role in selecting sound talent nurturing modes.