Chronic kidney disease refers to kidney damage, including pathological, blood, urine, and imaging abnormalities for ≥ 3 months. According to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis, the criteria for the definition of chronic kidney disease are as follows: 1, kidney damage (abnormal kidney structure or function) for ≥ 3 months, either with or without decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which can be manifested by any of the following: (1) abnormal kidney pathology; (2) indicators of kidney damage including abnormal blood or urine components or abnormal imaging. (2) GFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 for ≥3 months with or without evidence of renal injury. Chronic kidney disease is defined as long as 1 of the above definition criteria is met. Chronic kidney disease has become a global public health problem with high prevalence and mortality rates, and significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and generates huge medical costs. The ideas and methods of combining Chinese and Western medicine in the prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease are: (1) to strengthen the research on the optimization of single disease protocols; (2) to strengthen the research on the development of new drugs with proven efficacy; (3) to strengthen the research on the mechanism of action of Chinese medicine in the treatment of kidney disease; (4) to strengthen the research on the mechanism of kidney damage and prevention of toxic Chinese medicine; (5) to explore the research on the nature of the kidney in Chinese medicine by using the method of system biology; (6) to organize the preparation of the "Chronic Kidney Disease (6) Organize the preparation of "Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Diseases by Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine"; (7) Vigorously promote the importance of screening and early prevention.