At the beginning of this New Year of 2013,we are very pleased to present the English edition of the Joal of Integrative Medicine (JIM),a PubMed-indexed,peer-reviewed,open-access joal on integrative medicine.The JIM is a continuation of the former Chinese-language joal,the Joal of Chinese Integrative Medicine (JCIM),established in 2003 and published in Shanghai.rnIntegrative medicine,grounded in patient-centered,evidence-based practice,incorporates the broad spectrum of complementary and altative medicine (CAM) and includes acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine,Ayurveda medicine,herbal medicine,homeopathy,nutrition,chiropractic,mind-body medicine,taichi,qigong,and meditation,among other professions.In the past two decades,CAM has become one of the fastest growing branches of health care.CAM now commands attention worldwide and is rapidly being integrated into conventional medicine.China is the country in the world that has great number of scientists doing clinical and research work on integrative medicine.With this new,English-language publication,we are committed to make JIM an intemational platform for high-quality CAM papers and an open forum in which the different professions and intemational scholarly communities can exchange views,share research and their clinical experience,discuss CAM education,and confer about issues and problems in our various disciplines and in CAM as a whole in order to promote integrative medicine.