BUDAPEST - The Central and Eastern European Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies was founded in Budapest in March.

The federation was co-initiated by Chinese medicine groups from countries and regions including Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovenia, and was officially registered in Hungary last November.

"The purpose of the federation is to unite Chinese medical organizations in central and eastern Europe, to promote exchange and cooperation in Chinese medicine in the region, and to serve the local people's health," the federation's president Yu Funian said.