From April 17 to 18, the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Shanghai Medical Association Sports Medicine Branch was successfully held in Shanghai.

In 1980, the first Sports Medicine Branch of the Shanghai Medical Association was formally established. This milestone marked a new stage of standardized development for sports medicine in Shanghai and laid a solid foundation for the early growth of sports medicine in China.

Over the past forty-six years, Shanghai sports medicine physicians have taken the lead in exploring minimally invasive techniques and gradually built a comprehensive sports rehabilitation system. Their work has not only protected excellence in competitive sports, but also promoted public health, bringing the concept of exercise and health into everyday life and improving health literacy across the population.

As an important platform for academic exchange, this annual meeting brought together top experts and scholars from across China. Participants held in-depth discussions on frontier topics including precision treatment of sports injuries, full-cycle management of sports health, and innovative translation within the discipline.

At the opening ceremony, Professor Jiwu Chen, Chair of the Shanghai Medical Association Sports Medicine Branch, noted that sports medicine carries the dual mission of protecting both competitive sports and public health.

The conference also featured a special tribute session honoring pioneering experts who have made outstanding contributions to sports medicine in Shanghai and across China.

Building on forty-six years of disciplinary development, Shanghai sports medicine colleagues will take this annual meeting as a new starting point, further extending sports medicine from injury treatment toward prevention, rehabilitation, and full life-cycle health promotion.