In order to promote the discipline construction of geriatric medicine, standardize diagnosis and treatment behavior, strengthen management, and carry out academic research and exchanges related to geriatric medicine, better promote practical and cutting-edge treatment concepts, improve the standardized treatment of various levels of medical institutions in this profession, and enable more geriatric medical workers to benefit from it. The academic conference and comprehensive training course on elderly chronic disease management organized by the Chengdu High tech Medical Association and hosted by the Department of Geriatrics/International Medical Center of Chengdu Third People's Hospital was successfully held in Chengdu on December 15, 2024.

           The Third Plenary Session of the First Geriatric Medicine Committee of Chengdu High tech Medical Association was successfully held on December 15th. Liu Zaoyang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Chengdu Third People's Hospital, and Ai He, Vice President and Deputy Secretary General of Chengdu High tech Medical Association, were invited to attend the meeting and give opening speeches.

           Dean Liu Zaoyang, on behalf of Chengdu Third People's Hospital, expressed a warm welcome to all the experts who attended the meeting. He stated that the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu has always attached great importance to the development of geriatric medicine, and has achieved excellent results in various aspects such as clinical practice, scientific research, and teaching in recent years. Geriatrics is a relatively new discipline that involves a wide range of fields. It has both the common characteristics of general disciplinary development and its unique laws. Accelerating the cultivation of elderly medical talents, improving the ability and level of elderly medical services, providing safe, standardized, continuous, and high-quality medical and health services for the elderly, and enhancing their sense of achievement, happiness, and satisfaction are important tasks for the development of elderly health in China at present.

            Vice President Ai He first extended warm congratulations on the successful convening of the conference. He stated that the Geriatric Medicine Special Committee has carried out effective work in organizational construction, party building activities, academic exchanges, scientific research, scientific popularization, and serving the grassroots. The Special Committee has shown a good development momentum and hopes that it will focus on the overall development goals of building a healthy China and the Four Rivers of Health, take the health of the elderly in an aging society as the starting point, continue to establish the concept of prioritizing the health of the elderly, and make unremitting efforts to promote the development of China's elderly health cause.

          Professor Wu Jing, Chairman of the Geriatric Association Special Committee and the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, warmly welcomed the leaders and colleagues who attended the meeting. She said that China's population aging process is very fast, which has brought very arduous tasks to the vast number of elderly medical workers. This is both a challenge and an opportunity, with a glorious mission and great responsibility. I hope that through this conference, more domestic and international research progress can be introduced to everyone, and more clinical practice experience can be shared with everyone, jointly improving the level of diagnosis and treatment of geriatric medicine in China and promoting the work of healthy aging. Subsequently, Professor Wu Jing summarized the work progress of the special committee in 2024 and proposed and formulated a work plan for 2025.

       Professor Hu Yongmei, the leader of the Party Group of the Geriatric Medicine Special Committee and the Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, led all members to conduct a Party lecture on "Interpreting the Spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from the Perspective of the 'Three Relationships'", and shared their learning experiences and insights.

             Professor Wu Jing stated that in this academic conference, the reports of the experts were rich, exciting, and highlighted, comprehensively showcasing the latest achievements in the field of geriatric medicine research. They played a good leading role in promoting the construction of geriatric medicine discipline in our province, actively promoting the development of clinical diagnosis and treatment technology, and better serving the physical health of the elderly population. We will continue to adhere to the fundamental principle of academia, uphold the core values of "respecting medicine and promoting healthy life", seize the opportunity of the country's high attention to the development of elderly health, actively respond to the challenges of an aging society, boldly explore and strive to practice, and contribute our strength to the development of the country's elderly medicine industry. Strive to become a pioneer in responding to the national strategy of aging population, a practitioner of promoting healthy aging in China, and a driver of the development of geriatric medicine, and make unremitting efforts for the development of geriatric medicine in China!