The Fédération Nationale de Medecine Traditionnelle Chinoise (FNMTC) and the Union Française des Professionnels de Medecine Traditionnelle Chinoise (UFPMTC) joined forces to set up the Confédération Française de Medecine Traditionnelle Chinoise (CFMTC).

Spurred on by a determination to overcome divisions and lay solid foundations for the profession of Chinese medicine practitioner in France, these respective groups of Chinese medicine professionals are resolutely opening doors - all the current trends in Chinese medicine in our country will be contacted, with no ostracism, to create one vast movement in support of this new profession.

8th and 9th March 2005: two historic dates for the CFMTC and Traditional Chinese Medicine in France!

The French Confederation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CFMTC), an umbrella organisation for all professional bodies in France representing TCM, has been extended by the membership of the French section of the PEFCTCM (Pan-European Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Consultants and the SIATTEC (Independent Union of Traditional Acupuncturists and Chinese Energy Therapists).

This makes the C.F.M.T.C. the largest organisation representing Traditional Chinese Medicine in France!

1st October 2005, the CFMTC was presented at the 2nd World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) conference at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris.

The traditional Chinese medicine practitioners attending the conference publicly and highly symbolically signed the French Confederation's Code of Ethics before the Press and in the presence of Mrs. She Jing, Vice-Minister for Health in China, President of the World Federation, President of the Academy of Chinese Medicine in China; Mr. Li Zhenji, Vice-President of the Bureau of Chinese Medicine, Vice-President and Secretary General of the World Federation; and Mr. Xavier Emmanuelli, co-founder of Médecins sans Frontières, former Secretary of State for humanitarian aid, founder and President of the Samu social (emergency service for the homeless)!