基于自组织理论比较传统中药集散地和现代中药产业集群结构、功能特征，指出传统中药集散地是前自组织系统，现代中药产业集群是自组织系统，由此阐述从传统中药集散地生成现代中药产业集群的路径及策略。

This paper implores the comparison of the structure and functional characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) distributing centers and modern Chinese medicine industrial clusters on the basis of self-organization. It points out that TCM distributing center is a pre-self-organization and modern Chinese medicine industrial cluster is a self-organization. Thus, methods and strategies of developing TCM distributing centers into modern Chinese medicine industrial clusters are introduced.

广东省科技厅资助项目（2008B060600053）：中药产业集群发展理论及实践研究，负责人：刘霁堂。