中医药创新行为是在市场经济条件下产生的，不但应当遵循市场经济的客观规律，而且受制于知识产权法律制度的约束。中医药创新分为中医药自身创新行为和利用中医药知识、技术进行的创新行为，从已经发生的事件看，每一种创新行为都表现出不同的知识产权问题。在以私权合法和利益最大化的市场经济条件下，中医药创新应当建立与之相配套的知识产权法律机制，以保护我国的优势领域并持续保持其优势地位。

Innovation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was proposed under market economy conditions. Hence, rules of market economy must be complied with and be subjected to the intellectual property law. Innovation of TCM can be divided into two parts. One is the self-innovation of TCM, and the other is new creation based on TCM knowledge and techniques. Both innovations have presented with different intellectual property questions from past events. Under market economy conditions, private rights are legitimate and interests must be maximized. Therefore, a proper intellectual property legal system should be established for the innovation of TCM to protect and maintain superiority domains of China in the innovation of TCM.

上海市卫生局科研课题计划项目（2010207）：运用知识产权促进上海传统医药发展策略研究，负责人：宋晓亭；国家软科学研究计划项目（2009GXS5D107）：运用知识产权振兴中医药老字号的策略研究，负责人：宋晓亭。