Abstract: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jin-ping has attached great importance to the development of China's traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) based on the unprecedented changes in the world and the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Centering on the value cognition, method construction and future orientation of the development of TCM, he systematically elaborated and scientifically answered the major issue of "why, how and what kind of TCM should be developed", It has strengthened confidence, pointed out direction and provided guidance for the development of TCM in China. His important exposition on the development of TCM takes the key to opening the treasure house of Chinese civilization and maintaining the health of the people as the value cognition, inheriting the essence, diversified integration, and maintaining integrity and innovation as the realistic path, as well as realizing the modernization of TCM and moving it towards the world as the future direction, which complement each other and form a logical organic whole. A systematic study of the internal logic of General Secretary Xi's important statement on the development of TCM is of great theoretical significance for a profound understanding of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which also has practical significance for promoting the construction of a healthy China and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.