If you look at global warming, the global rise of fascism, and little things like this it's kind of difficult to avoid thinking someone is trying to orchestrate something very bad for the majority of human kind.

"the State Council said powdered forms of rhino horn and bones from dead tigers could be used in "qualified hospitals by qualified doctors"."

Conspiracy aside, this is impossible, since most of TCM is a nonsensical superstition and anyone using tiger or rhino parts as therapy is de facto unqualified as a doctor (or decent human). At least people will die or suffer for harming these animals, since this "treatment" won't impact the course of their diseases at all.