In the sixth century, MiYun from Dun Huang of Gansu Province introduced Hua Tuo's therapeutic methods and prescriptions to Daochang State of north India. In the fourteenth century, Chinese acupuncturists Zou Yin went to Viet Nam to treat diseases for the Vietnamese nobles, and he was given the honor of Magi Doctor. Acupuncture and moxibustion began to be introduced to Europe in the sixteenth century. Later more and more people engaged in the cause of acupuncture and moxibustion. France made an early contribution to spreading this therapy through Europe.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the propagation of acupuncture and moxibustion to the world has been speeded up. In the 1950s, China gave assistance to the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries in training acupuncturists. Since 1975, at the request of the World Health Organization, the International Acupuncture Training Courses have been run in Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing, and acupuncturists have been trained for many countries. Up to now, more than one hundred countries have had acupuncturists, and in some countries teaching and scientific research on acupuncture and moxibustion have been carried out with good results. Since its founding in 1979, All-China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion has strengthened the connections and exchanges with the corresponding academic organizations of various countries; and China will make greater contributions to international development of acupuncture and moxibustion.