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sustainable utilization of resources refers that utilization is high efficient, reproducible and withpreservation. As
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Chinese material medicine resource, a kind of biollgical resource, protecting biological diversity and preserving ecological equilibrium should be taken account of In this paper, around the conception mentioned above and considering the principle and important mission in Developing Program for Modernization of Chinese Medicine , the imperative works or research directions to be paid close attention for
sustainable utilization of Chinese material medicine were approached. They were: 1) carrying out resource investigation, establishing prediction system for the endangered wild resources to ensure the sustainable provision of medicine materials; 2) enhancing the studies on germplasm resource, selecting and using good germplasm; 3) controlling the collection of wild resources, carrying out the studies on wild tendering; 4) carrying out the studies on introduction and domestication for wild species; 5) establishing germplasm storehouses and gardens to preserve germplasm resources; 6) carrying out the studies on substitutes for rare and endangered resources; 8) improving utilizing quality and efficiency of resources by high techniques, encouraging comprehensive utilization; 9)producing directly active compounds by new techniques; 10)enhancing the studies on cultivating techniques, achieving the standardized cultivation and production in a large scale; enhancing breeding new varieties.