Review and Analysis on Projects Funded by NSFC in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2017

To review the application， acceptance， evaluation and funding of the General， Youth and Regional Science Fund supported by Chinese National Natural Science Foundation in traditional Chinese medicine in 2017.There were 4 472 applications in the subject，114 of which failed in the formal examination，4 358 applications were accepted in the next assessment step; 1 403 applications got more than 2 recommendations after peer assessment and 637 applications were funded in the end. The major problems in every step of Science Fund were analyzed in this paper. The author hopes all applicants should pay attention to the problems， and then improve the quality of applications in the field.