In order to promote Chengdu and even the province to improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of thoracic surgery disease, develop the vision of thoracic surgeons, improve the overall quality of physicians, exchange feelings, promote the collaborative development of provincial and municipal thoracic surgery, sponsored by Chengdu High-tech Medical Association "Chengdu high-tech Medical Association the first session of the establishment of the thoracic surgery professional committee conference and academic annual meeting", It was successfully held in Chengdu Times Jinjiang Hotel on October 16, 2022.

Experts from the thoracic surgery industry both online and offline attended the founding conference and the first academic annual meeting of the Thoracic Surgery Professional Committee of Chengdu High-tech Medical Association.

Ai He, Vice President and deputy Secretary-General of Chengdu High-tech Medical Association, attended the conference and addressed the conference. He expressed his warmest congratulations on the establishment of the special Committee and the opening of the first annual Conference. Entrusted by President Zhao Cong, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the experts who participated in the founding meeting.

He told the experts to clash ideas, share experience and exchange technology on the platform of the academic annual conference, so that the conference will become the palace of ideas, the ocean of knowledge, the tie of friendship, and accelerate the development of the thoracic surgery industry in our city.

    On the morning of October 16, 2022, "The First Annual Conference of Thoracic Surgery Professional Committee of Chengdu High-tech Medical Association" was officially opened in the form of both offline and online. The opening ceremony was presided over by Professor Liao Hu from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, President Xu Just of Chengdu Shangjin Nanfu Hospital, Vice President and Deputy Secretary-General of Chengdu High-tech Medical Association Ai He, and Professor Chen Longqi from West China Hospital of Sichuan University attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

  The annual conference invited experts from the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Army Specialty Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Chengdu Shangjin Nanfu Hospital, Chengdu Third People's Hospital, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Suining Central Hospital and West China Hospital of Sichuan University to give lectures, and share the development status and future of thoracic surgery at home and abroad through online and offline modes.

    The experts attending the annual conference gathered together to show the new progress and new technology of simulation medicine in various forms and contents. The experts made wonderful academic sharing, bringing an "audio-visual feast" of theory and practice. A total of more than 100 medical colleges and medical institutions, as well as related personnel from the thoracic surgery industry, participated in the conference through a combination of online and offline.

 Under the influence of COVID-19, the combination of offline and online meetings has gradually become the mainstream mode, and online live streaming has enabled more people to follow. More than 32,000 people watched this annual conference online, and dozens of experts and scholars participated in lectures and discussions, providing a good platform for academic exchange for scholars from all walks of life in China.

The successful holding of this conference has further promoted the professional development of thoracic surgery in our province and our city. I hope the thoracic surgery department of the whole province can make concerted efforts to make greater contribution to the development of thoracic surgery cause!