China's cabinet, the State Council, released China's first national plan on protection and development of the resources for Traditional Chinese Medicine,or TCM,in late April.The plan, compiled by a total of 12 government agencies, consists of 7 major goals to be met from the year 2015 to 2020.These goals are aiming at better protection of wild TCM plants, a higher quantity and quality of farmed plants, and a mature pricing mechanism.According to officials in charge of supervising the plan,the plan comes at a time when over-exploitation is threatening the wild TCM plants and the worsening quality of farmed TCM resources damaging the real effectiveness of TCM.So, how do analysts assess this plan?How can China find balance between protection and development of TCM resources?