On October 12, 2024, the Suzhou-Shanghai Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery Academic Conference was held at Jurong People's Hospital in Jurong City, Jiangsu Province. More than 60 experts in hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery discussed the cutting-edge technologies and challenges faced in cancer management. Academician Zhao Yupei, President of the Chinese Medical Association, President of the Chinese Society of Pancreatic Diseases, and Honorary President of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. In his speech, he clarified the main theme and objectives of the conference was to discuss the principles of medical ethics and clinical practice. Integrating deep humanistic care and noble moral responsibility into clinical practice was also emphasized in his speech.

Academician Dou Kefeng, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), professor of hepatobiliary surgery in Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Military Medical University, Professor Quan Zhiwei, standing member of the Branch of Surgery of the Chinese Medical Association, and Jiang Kuirong, vice president of Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.

The experts at the meeting discussed many topics including organ transplantation, minimally invasive surgery, cancer recurrence prevention and management for hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer and gallbladder cancer. The consensus achieved in this conference was that standardized treatment and medical humanistic care was the key point to improve the survival and life quality for patients.