海洋中药是中医药的重要组成部分。本文综述了近２０年海洋中药的研究与开发状况，探讨了２１世纪海洋中药的研究与开发战略。

As an important integral part of the traditional Chinese medicine, medicinal materials of marine origin have long been playing a valuable role in the medical practice in China. This paper presents a brief review on the progress achieved in this field in the past two decades, followed by a strategic consideration on the research and development of these marine -- based medicinal materials in the 21st century.