Lan, F., Akdis, C.A. and Zhang, L. (2026), The Rising Tide of Allergic Rhinitis in China: Driving Innovation Forward. Allergy. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70330 Allergic rhinitis (AR) was first documented in traditional Chinese medicine in the “Yueling” chapter of the Chinese classic Liji for over 3000 years ago [1]. By contrast, the recognition of AR in Western medicine is more recent, beginning with John Bostock's first detailed clinical description of “hay fever” or “summer catarrh” in 1819 [2].