On August 27, 2021, the founding conference of the General Practice Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Society and the first academic forum were successfully held in Taiyuan.

The conference will be conducted in a combination of online and offline. Chinese Geriatric Society Ding Zhiping and Zhao Inheritance deputy Secretary-General attended and chaired the meeting online. Guests attending the offline meeting are: Professor Liu Xuejun, Vice President of the Chinese Geriatric Society and President of the Shanxi Geriatric Society; Professor Li Yujie, Executive director of the Chinese Geriatric Society and Vice President of the Shanxi Geriatric Society; Professor Chen Yuan, Director of the General Medical Department of Shanxi Bethune Hospital; Professor Hou Yan, Chairman of the Joint Working Committee of the Primary Health Care Director and President of Shanxi Province; Professor Feng Mei, discipline leader in general practice of Shanxi Bethune Hospital and Tongji Shanxi Hospital. More than 130 people from the preparatory Committee of the General Medicine Branch and well-known domestic experts and scholars who have been engaged in general medicine for a long time participated in the meeting online.

The inaugural meeting was presided over by Deputy Secretary-General Zhao Jianguo. Deputy Secretary-General Ding Zhiping read out the approval of the establishment of the chapter. The General Practice branch of Chinese Geriatric Society was elected at the meeting

The first Committee: Professor Feng Mei, head of general medicine of Shanxi Bethune Hospital and Tongji Shanxi Hospital, was elected as the first President; Professors Guo Yuan, Fang Jiquan, Luo Leiming, Qiao Fan, Wang Liuyi, Wang Jingtong, Ding Yipeng, Li Shuangqing, Huang Lihong, Wang Shuang, Du Yufeng were elected as vice presidents; Li Xiaojing was elected as Director General; Wang Jianhua was elected as Deputy Director General.

Professor Yu Xiaosong, former Chairman of the General Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, served as honorary president of the branch.

Professor Fan Li, President of the Chinese Geriatric Society, extended his sincere greetings and congratulations to all the members and members of the leadership team of the first committee of the General Practice Branch elected by video! President Fan Li said that China has entered the aging society, chronic disease comorbidity is a major feature of aging in China, how to better manage the health and chronic disease comorbidity of the elderly, improve the quality of life of the elderly, has become an important subject of geriatric medicine. Therefore, general medicine shows its important position. The Chinese Geriatric Society has decided to establish a general practice branch, which will help improve the ability and level of general practitioners to provide health services for the elderly. After the establishment of the branch, the Society will strongly support the work of the branch. President Fan Li hopes that under the leadership of President Feng Mei, in accordance with the charter of the Association, adhere to the purpose of the association, unite the geriatric experts and managers of general medicine across the country, give full play to professional advantages, work together, innovate and forge ahead, and work together to promote the development of geriatric medicine and geriatric health!

Professor Liu Xuejun, Vice President of Chinese Geriatrics Society, presented the certificate to Professor Feng Mei, elected president of Chinese Geriatrics Society.

President Feng Mei presented certificates to Director General Li Xiaojing and Deputy Director General Wang Jianhua.

During the meeting, the first committee and the first Standing Committee of the first Committee of the General Practice Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Society were also held. Professor Feng Mei, President of the General Practice Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Society, reported the development goals, direction and blueprint of the first committee of the Branch, as well as the next work plan. At the same time, on behalf of the first Committee of the General Medicine Branch, she said that she would earnestly implement the statutes of the Chinese Geriatric Society, and make joint efforts with all members of the Branch in accordance with the requirements of President Fan Li to give full play to the academic leading role of the branch in the field of general medicine, establish a platform for exchange and collaboration, promote discipline construction and academic research, and benefit the elderly population. Contribute to the realization of a healthy China.

After the founding meeting, the first academic forum of the General Medicine Branch was held. The forum was composed of Professor Feng Mei, President of the General Medicine Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Society; Professor Guo Yuan, Vice President and Director of the General Medicine Department of Shandong University Qilu Medical College; Professor Fang Jianguo, Vice President and vice Chairman of the General Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; Professor Wang Liuyi, Vice President and vice Chairman of the General Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; Vice President and Vice President of Weinan Central Hospital Professor Qiao Fan, standing committee member, Shanxi Bethune Hospital General Medical Department Professor Chen Yuan co-chaired.

Professor Zhang Cuntai, Chairman of the Geriatric Medicine Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Assistant President of Tongji Hospital, director of the geriatric Disease Teaching and Research Section and Cadre Health Care Office, made a report entitled "Assessment and Intervention of vascular aging"; Professor Liu Xuejun, Vice President of the Chinese Geriatric Society and the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, made a report entitled ";Physiological Characteristics and treatment Concept of the elderly"; Professor Wang Jingtong, Vice president of the Branch of General Medicine and director of the geriatric Department of Peking University People's Hospital, made a report entitled "The Significance of Community identification and Management of geriatric patients"; Finally, Professor Wong Chi-wai from the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care of the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Department of General Practice of the Shenzhen Hospital of the University of Hong Kong shared their research results on ";New Risk-Driven Diabetes Management". The experts' reports were fascinating and well received.