Chinanews, Beijing, Aug. 4 – Shen Zhixiang, director-general of the World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies (WFAS), revealed on Thursday that 140 countries and regions in the world had accepted acupuncture and moxibustion as a formal way of medical service.He said that World Acupuncture Research Conference will be held in Beijing on Oct. 20 this year with the support of World Health Organization, the WFAS, and the Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.Founded in 1987, the WFAS has contributed a lot to the development of acupuncture and moxibustion research, and given training to 10 thousand doctors and nurses from 106 countries and regions worldwide in the skills of acupuncture and moxibustion.