ABSTRACT
This paper took Qinghai Province as the research object, and constructed 20 secondary indicators of the two subsystems of Qinghai Tibetan medicine industry competitiveness and regional economic development. Drawing on the coupling coordination model, we empirically analyzed the coupling coordination degree between the Tibetan medicine industry competitiveness and regional economic development in Qinghai Province from 2008 to 2017. The results indicated that the development of Tibetan medicine industry in Qinghai lagged behind the development of regional economy, but the coupling coordination degree between the two showed an overall upward trend, which was divided into two stages. One was the maladjustment phase from 2008 to 2012, while the other was the coordination period from 2013 to 2017. Both the two subsystems were currently in primary coordination.