中醫藥發展專員需要領導醫務衞生局轄下的中醫藥處，以期聚焦推動香港中醫藥的全方位發展，並加強中醫藥專業及政策層面的協調及統籌工作。中醫藥發展專員的主要職務和職責如下：

(a) 監督香港中醫藥整體發展，包括中醫藥在香港公共醫療系統的定位及整體中醫藥發展策略的政策事宜；

(b) 監督與中醫藥發展相關的法律框架、中醫師、中藥商及其他相關人員的規管和專業發展，以及與不同醫療專業人員合作的政策事宜；

(c) 監督與中醫藥教育、培訓及科研相關的政策事宜；

(d) 監督與服務發展相關的政策事宜，包括政府資助中醫服務（包括透過中醫診所暨教研中心及中西醫協作計劃提供的服務）及中醫藥界資訊科技的應用；

(e) 監督與中醫醫院及政府中藥檢測中心發展相關的政策事宜；

(f) 監督與中醫藥營商便利措施，以及中醫藥發展基金的運作及優化相關的政策事宜；

(g) 監督推廣香港中醫藥的公眾教育及宣傳策略的事宜； 以及

(h) 與本地、內地（包括粵港澳大灣區）及國際的中醫藥界保持密切聯繫，透過推進中醫藥合作措施，以期推動香港中醫藥界在香港以外的市場進一步發展。

The Commissioner for Chinese Medicine Development is required to lead the Chinese Medicine Unit of the Health Bureau to promote in a focused manner the development of CM in Hong Kong on all fronts and strengthen the co-ordination of CM-related tasks at the professional and policy levels. In particular, the Commissioner for Chinese Medicine Development will be deployed -

(a) to oversee policy matters on the overall development of CM in Hong Kong, including the positioning of CM in the healthcare system and the overarching CM development strategies;

(b) to oversee policy matters in relation to the legislative framework on CM, the regulation and professional development of CM practitioners, CM traders and related personnel, and the inter-disciplinary collaboration between different healthcare professionals;

(c) to oversee policy matters in relation to the development of education, training and scientific research in CM;

(d) to oversee policy matters in relation to service development, including government-subsidised CM services (including those provided through the Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres and Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine Programme) and the use of information technology by CM sector;

(e) to oversee policy matters in relation to the development of the Chinese Medicine Hospital and the Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute;

(f) to oversee policy matters in relation to trade facilitation measures in CM, and matters in relation to the implementation and enhancement of the Chinese Medicine Development Fund;

(g) to oversee the implementation of public education and publicity strategies for promoting CM; and

(h) to maintain close liaison with the local, Mainland (including the Greater Bay Area) and international CM sector in taking forward co-operation initiatives in CM with a view to promoting the further development of Hong Kong’s CM sector in markets outside Hong Kong.