“The Celebration Activities of the130th Anniversary West China Hospital of Sichuan University—The Inaugural Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Branch of SCIMEA and 2022 West China International Forum on Infection”, sponsored by Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association (SCIMEA ) and the West China Hospital of Sichuan University, organized by the Infectious Diseases Branch of the SCIMEA and the Infectious Diseases Center of the West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and co-organized by West China Alliance for Infectious and Liver Diseases,  was successfully held in Chengdu on October 28-30, 2022.

The inaugural meeting

On the evening of October 28, the inaugural meeting of the Infectious Diseases Branch of SCIMEA officially kicked off.

Prof. Bai Lang from West China Hospital of Sichuan University presides over the inaugural meeting.

Prof. Tang Hong from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Ms. Zhang Mengfan, Secretary General of SCIMEA, Prof. Zhao Liansan from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Prof. Deng Cunliang from Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Prof. Zeng Yilan from  Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu, Prof. Zhu Yu from West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Prof. Chen Xuebing from Deyang People's Hospital, Director Tong Yubo from SCIMEA and other experts and professors attended this inaugural meeting. In addition, due to the epidemic prevention and control, some members of the branch including Prof. Lei Bingjun and Prof. Liu Zigui from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Prof. Hu Zhangyong from the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Prof. Hu Xiaoyu from the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Prof. Liu Fengjun from the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College were unable to attend the meeting in person, and they witnessed the establishment of the branch together in an online manner.

Prof. Tang Hong from West China Hospital of Sichuan University delivers a report on the preparatory work.

The first item on the agenda of the inaugural meeting was that Prof. Tang Hong, one of the initiators of the Infectious Diseases Branch of SCIMEA, delivered a report on the preparatory work.

Mr. Tong Yubo, Director of Academic Conference Affairs Department of SCIMEA, organizes the election.

Mr. Tong Yubo, Director of Academic Conference Affairs Department of SCIMEA, organized the election of the Infectious Diseases Branch and read out the results. And the leaders at all levels of the Infectious Diseases Branch were elected at the scene according to the election provisions in the Articles of Association of Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association. As a result, Lei Bingjun, Liu Zigui and Zhao Liansan, were elected as advisors, Prof. Tang Hong as president of the Infectious Diseases Branch of SCIMEA, 8 experts, including Bai Lang as vice president, 24 experts including Chen Xin as standing committee members, 70 experts including Cao Meng as members, as well as Du Lingyao and Wang Ming as secretaries of the branch.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan reads out and awards the approval for the establishment of the branch.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan read out the “Approval for the Establishment of the Infectious Diseases Branch of Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association”, and awarded the approval for the establishment and letter of appointment to the newly-elected president Prof. Tang Hong.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan awards the letter of appointment to Prof. Zhao Liansan, advisor of the Infectious Diseases Branch.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan awards the letter of appointment to Prof. Tang Hong, president of the Infectious Diseases Branch.

Prof. Zhao Liansan and Prof. Tang Hong award the letters of appointment to the vice presidents of the Infectious Diseases Branch.

Prof. Tang Hong and the vice presidents award the letters of appointment to the standing committee members of the Infectious Diseases Branch.

Prof. Tang Hong awards the letters of appointment to the secretaries of the Infectious Diseases Branch.

Prof. Zhao Liansan, advisor of the Infectious Diseases Branch, delivers a speech.

Prof. Tang Hong, president of the Infectious Diseases Branch, delivers a speech.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan gives an introduction on SCIMEA.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan of SCIMEA warmly congratulated on the establishment of the Infectious Diseases Branch and made a speech.

Group photo

The establishment of the Infectious Diseases Branch of SCIMEA will build a platform for communication and collaboration among practitioners in the field of infectious diseases, help infectious disease physicians master new techniques for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases, further improve the professional quality of the infectious disease team in western China, enhance the ability to prevent and control infectious diseases, and contribute to the construction of a healthy Sichuan!

The academic conference

 On October 29-30, “The Celebration Activities of the130th Anniversary West China Hospital of Sichuan University—2022 West China International Forum on Infection and The Academic Conference of the Infectious Diseases Branch of SCIMEA” was held.

Prof. Zong Zhiyong from West China Hospital of Sichuan University presides over the conference.

The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Prof. Zong Zhiyong from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and successively addressed by Mr. Luo Fengming, Executive Vice Secretary of West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Prof. Tang Hong from West China Hospital of Sichuan University.

Luo Fengming, Executive Vice Secretary, delivers an opening speech.

Prof. Tang Hong from West China Hospital of Sichuan University delivers an opening speech.

After the opening ceremony, several top experts and scholars from home and abroad were invited to give keynote reports.

Reports made by special guests

“The Construction and Development of Infectious Disease Discipline in the New Situation”, by Academician Li Lanjuan, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

“Advances in Applying New Immunological Techniques to Study the Pathogenesis of Major Infectious Diseases”, by Academician Wang Fusheng, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital 

“The Establishment and Promotion of Chinese HIV/AIDS Diagnosis and Treatment Protocols: Interpretation of the 2021 version of the ‘Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV/AIDS’”, by Prof. Li Taisheng, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences 

“Occurrence and Development of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Clinical Response”, by Prof. Zhang Wenhong, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University 

“Current Status of CRO Epidemic and Research Progress of Drug Resistance Mechanism”, by Prof. Wang Minggui, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University 

“Clinical Practice of Macrogenome for Pathogenic Diagnosis”, by Prof. Wang Hui, Peking University People’s Hospital 

“Advances in the Research of New Antiviral Drugs for Hepatitis B”, by Prof. Xie Qing, Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical College

“2022 Consensus on Hepatitis E Prevention and Treatment in China”, Prof. Tang Hong, West China Hospital of Sichuan University 

“Precision Medicine for HP-Theory and Practice”, by Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Barry Marshall, University of Western Australia 

“Epidemiologic Trends of Monkeypox and the Progress in Its Diagnosis and Treatment”, by Prof. Jay Gladstein, APLA Health &Wellness, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA 

“Antiretroviral Therapy of HIV/AIDS in the Era”, by Prof. Indira Brar, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 

“Update on Hepatitis D Virus Infection: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment”, by Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer, Hannover Medical School, Germany 

“Management of Virologic Non-Responses among People Living with HIV Who Are Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy”, by Prof. Chien-Ching Hung, National Taiwan University College of Medicine

“From Basic to Clinical - New Perspectives on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B”, by Prof. Tang Hong, West China Hospital of Sichuan University 

“From Basic to Clinical: Advances in the Treatment of Difficult Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections”, By Prof. Zong Zhiyong, West China Hospital of Sichuan University 

“The ‘Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment’ Full-process Management of HIV and Hepatitis with Nucleic Acid Detection Technology”, by Prof. Deng Guohong, Southwest Hospital of the Army Medical University 

“From Rapid Initiation to Long-term Treatment Success”, by Prof. Cai Lin, Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu 

Group photo of expert at the scene

Under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the combined online–offline approach has gradually become the mainstream conference mode, with live streaming allowing more people to participate. The conference, which was watched online by more than 18,000 people, invited academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, Nobel Prize Laureate, and domestic and foreign academic experts to give keynote reports, while providing Chinese-English simultaneous interpretation online and offline, building a good academic exchange platform for scholars in the infectious disease community.

The success of this conference will further promote the diagnosis and treatment standard of infectious diseases and improve the clinical diagnosis and treatment level of infectious diseases. It is expected the colleagues of infectious diseases in Sichuan province will work together to promote the high-quality development of infectious disease medicine!

Annex: Member List of the Infectious Diseases Branch