The pharmaceutical industry is an important part of China's national economy. It is a combination of traditional industry and modern industry, which integrates the first, second and third industries. Its main categories include: chemical raw materials and preparations, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese herbal pieces, Chinese patent medicine, antibiotics, biological products, biochemical drugs, radioactive drugs, medical devices, health materials, pharmaceutical machinery, pharmaceutical packaging materials and pharmaceutical business. The pharmaceutical industry plays a very important role in protecting and improving people's health, improving the quality of life, family planning, disaster relief and epidemic prevention, military supplies and war preparedness, and promoting economic development and social progress.