As traditional Chinese medicine industry played more and more important role in national economy

many researchers changed their focuses on traditional Chinese medicine industry chain. After literature review of definition

existing questions

organizational model

construction and optimization

and industry cluster

it was found that existing researches mostly applied theory of industry chain into traditional Chinese medicine industry from perspective of theory

few conducted detailed studies considering the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine industry and traditional Chinese medicine industry chain characteristic. Existing research lacked of the traditional Chinese medicine industry chain optimization and integration of research from the perspective of the whole industry chain. This paper pointed out that research of the traditional Chinese medicine industry chain formation cause and mechanism

evolution path and method still remained research blank. Future research should focus on industry chain theory and traditional Chinese medicine industry chain characteristic to explore the unique operation mechanism and resource allocation mode

regional traditional Chinese medicine industry chain development status

strategic choice and optimal path

and empirical research of traditional Chinese medicine industry chain.