[Reprint] Sports Medicine Frontier: "Breaking New Ground, Leading the Future | The Cross-Regional Chinese Artificial Ligament and Patch Research Society Officially Established"!

Against the backdrop of rapid advances in the field of artificial ligaments and repair materials and ever-growing clinical demand, China has established a remarkable clinical and research advantage in this field. To consolidate resources and lead a systematic upgrade of the industry, on May 29, 2026, riding on the momentum of the 22nd IFOSMA & 3rd "Fusion of Wisdom and Innovation" Joint Conference,the Founding Conference of the Cross-Regional Chinese Artificial Ligament and Patch Research Societywas grandly held in Wuxi. The birth of this cross-regional, cross-disciplinary professional academic organization marks a key step for China in building a strategic collaboration platform and driving overall development in this field.

The founding of the Society is rooted in the internationally renowned clinical and research foundation China has built in this field. The founding conference was guided by the principle of "leading the next generation of artificial ligament and patch research and clinical practice", with the core goal of fully completing the Society's preparatory work and planning the blueprint for establishing the higher-level "China Artificial Ligament and Patch Research Institute" (CALPI) in the future. This initiative will further consolidate China's development foundation in this field, establish its academic leadership and industrial voice worldwide, and make strategic preparations for the subsequent establishment of an international artificial ligament research organization.

Huashan Hospital, Fudan UniversityProfessor Chen ShiyiFrom the perspectives ofleading clinical and research advantages,、global technology development trends,、domestic standardization needs,、and the necessity of correcting industry perceptions,he elaborated on the background for establishing the Society. He emphasized that the core mission of the Society is to unify technical standards, standardize clinical practice, carry out professional training, and integrate national industry-academia-research-medicine resources to promote technical standardization and clinicalnormalization and the internationalization of Chinese standards, thereby consolidating China's technological leadership in this field.

Speech by Professor Chen Shiyi

Shanghai Medical and Health Development FoundationSecretary-General Zhang Lingyipointed out that the founding of the Society is an important measure to respond to the national strategy and promote medical innovation and the translation of achievements. She highly affirmed Professor Chen Shiyi's foundational contribution as the "Father of Chinese Artificial Ligaments", and noted that although artificial ligaments and patches have urgent clinical demand and broad development prospects, they still face multiple challenges including breakthroughs in core technologies, unification of industry standards, and industry-academia-research-application collaboration, making it urgent to establish a national authoritative platform to pool development forces. The Society's purpose of "academic leadership, technological innovation, achievement translation, standardized promotion, and public welfare services" is highly consistent with the Foundation's philosophy. In the future, the Foundation will continue to support the Society's work in technology breakthroughs, standard formulation, talent cultivation and achievement translation, jointly promoting high-quality development in China's artificial ligament and patch field and better benefiting the people with innovative achievements.

Speech by Secretary-General Zhang Lingyi

West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityProfessor Li Jianannounced the organizational structure of the Society on its behalf:

Professor Li Jian reads out the organizational structure

The Society adopts a management model under the unified administration of the Foundation and a president responsibility system. All work will strictly follow the Foundation's charter and regulatory requirements to ensure standardized operation.

At the conference, elected from Huashan Hospital, Fudan University,Professor Chen Shiyiwas elected as the first President.Professors Li Jian, Bai Lunhao, Chen Jiwu, Zhang Jin, Shang Xiliang and Ge Yunshenwere elected as Vice Presidents, with Professor Ge Yunshen concurrently serving as Secretary-General.Wan Fang, Chen Tianwu, Yang Yimeng and Chen Chenwere appointed as Deputy Secretaries-General. The conference also elected34 Standing Council Membersand65 Founding Council Members, jointly forming the core decision-making and execution team and providing solid organizational support for the Society's long-term development.

      It is reported that, to systematically advance its work, the Society has established"Clinical Application and Education & Training Group",、"Consensus, Guidelines and International Exchange Group",、"Clinical and Basic Research Group",、"Science Popularization and Public Education Group"four working groups. This structure aims to comprehensively integrate resources and systematically enhance clinical standardization, academic innovation and translation capabilities in the field.

Founding Ceremony of the Society

Professor Ge Yunshen moderates the founding conference

During the academic exchange session,Professor Chen Shiyidelivered a keynote report titled "Global Status and Development Trends of Artificial Ligaments", systematically analyzing the industry's current situation, core challenges and future directions. At the special sharing session "My Journey with Artificial Ligaments",Chen Shuxin, Li Ming, Tian Ke, Liu Changcheng, Fu Dejie, Fu Guojian, Ding Shaohua, Yang Yimeng and Li Yanlinand many other renowned experts shared valuable experience and unique insights in surgical technique exploration, difficult case management and long-term outcome management based on their profound clinical practice, fully demonstrating China's fruitful achievements and shared pursuit of standardized development in this field.

      The founding of the Cross-Regional Chinese Artificial Ligament and Patch Research Society carries the mission of pooling top-tier wisdom, conquering core technologies, unifying industry standards, cultivating outstanding talents and shaping global trends. Domestically, it will strive to improve the homogenization of diagnosis and treatment across the country, bringing safer, more efficient and more standardized repair technologies to a wide range of patients; internationally, it will actively lead international standard formulation and academic dialogue, promoting "China's Solution" to become a global consensus and seizing the future high ground in the golden track of artificial ligament and soft tissue repair.

Professor Chen Shiyi delivers the closing summary

Looking ahead, the Society will surely become the core engine driving innovative development in the field, contributing an indispensable Chinese force to building a Healthy China and elevating the global level of sports medicine.