Vice-Premier Liu Yandong attended a groundbreaking for a traditional Chinese medicine center at Semmelweis University's Faculty of Health Sciences in Budapest, Hungary's capital, on Sunday.

"Traditional Chinese medicine is a treasure of the Chinese nation - it belongs not only to China but also to the world," Liu said at the event.

Construction on the China-CEEC Traditional Chinese Medicine Center at the university is considered to be another important step for Hungary, the first European nation to create detailed laws overseeing the vocational qualifications and requirements for practicing TCM. CEEC stands for Central and Eastern European countries.