Objective To analyze the attention allocation of Traditional Chinese Medicine development in China during the “14th Five⁃Year Plan” period, and to put forward suggestions to promote the high⁃quality development of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Methods Planning documents of Traditional Chinese Medicine development during the “14th Five⁃Year Plan” period in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government were searched through retrieving websites related to the health administrative departments. Based on the bounded rational decision theory, the NVivo 14 software was employed to perform textual quantitative analysis. Attention allocation of Traditional Chinese Medicine development was compared between various regions, and different economic/administrative regions based on keywords word frequency. The coding function of NVivo 14 software was used to mine correlative words corresponding to keywords, and to analyze policy tool selection and key points of resource allocation of Traditional Chinese Medicine development in different economic/administrative regions. Results Eventually, 10 keywords were determined, which were consistent with the development planning of Traditional Chinese Medicine, namely, Traditional Chinese Medicine, development, service, health, culture, talents, innovation, Chinese herb, characteristic, inheritance. The results of word frequency analysis revealed that Beijing, Zhejiang Province, Sichuan Province, Jiangsu Province, Jilin Province, and Hebei Province all had a relatively high total word frequency of keywords, with all more than 800 times; in addition, the average total word frequency of keywords in Eastern region and municipalities directly under the central government was relatively high, with 823.60 times and 813.00 times, respectively. The results of correlative words analysis indicated that in terms of policy tools selection and key points of resource allocation for the Traditional Chinese Medicine development, the four major economic regions all paid attention to the construction of hospitals (medical institutes) of Chinese Medicine, cultural transmission, and inheritance and innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, whereas the three categories of administrative regions all paid attention to the construction of hospitals (medical institutes) of Chinese Medicine, high⁃quality development, characteristics and advantages, cultural transmission, and inheritance and innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In the case of other keywords being the same, various economic/administrative regions still had personalized policy tools selection and key points of resource allocation. Conclusion Various regions, different economic/administrative regions have great differences in attention allocation to Traditional Chinese Medicine development, and the problem of unbalanced allocation to high⁃quality Traditional Chinese Medicine resources between regions is prominent. It is suggested to continuously optimize attention allocation strategy for Traditional Chinese Medicine development, break the intra⁃regional and inter⁃regional barriers to Traditional Chinese Medicine development, make full use of the policy toolbox of Traditional Chinese Medicine development, and promote the inheritance and innovative development of Traditional Chinese Medicine at a higher level.

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