（Part 1）A New Chapter of Innovation and Collaboration — The 2025 China–France Neurointerventional Symposium (CFNS 2025) Successfully Held!

The conference was held under the honorary chairmanship of Professor Ji Xunming, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the Expert Committee of the National Health Commission’s Million Disability Reduction Project, and President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. Ge Le, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, and Professor Tong Xiaoguang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, served as Conference Chairs, while Wang Hongguang, Vice President of Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, and Wei Ming, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery, jointly served as Executive Chairs.

Under the theme “A New Chapter of Innovation and Collaboration,” the conference was organized within the broader framework of the Healthy China Initiative and Belt and Road healthcare cooperation. Guided by world-class standards and positioned at the intersection of international perspectives and Chinese expertise, the conference aimed to establish a premier platform for advanced professional training and technical exchange in neurointervention. Through international academic collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the dissemination of cutting-edge technologies, the event sought to cultivate highly skilled neurointerventional professionals and further align the development of neurointervention in China with the latest advances in global clinical practice and scientific research.

The conference brought together a distinguished faculty of internationally renowned experts from Europe and Asia, alongside leading authorities in neurointervention from across China, who jointly delivered academic lectures and chaired scientific sessions.

Distinguished international faculty members included Professor Laurent Spelle, Professor of Radiology at Université Paris-Saclay, Head of the Department of Neuroradiology at Hôpital Bicêtre, and a world-renowned expert in neurointervention; Professor Jacques Moret, former President of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN); Professor Laurent Pierot, Head of the Department of Radiology at the University of Reims; Professor Hae Woong Jeong, President-Elect of the Korean Society of Interventional Neuroradiology and Head of the Division of Neuroradiology and Neurointervention at Busan Paik Hospital, South Korea; Professor Ganbaatar Rentsenkhuu from the National Medical Center of Mongolia; Professor Steve Wong from Singapore General Hospital; and Professor Berdikhojayev Mynzhylky, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Presidential Hospital in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Together with prominent Chinese neurointerventional specialists, these distinguished experts contributed their extensive clinical experience, cutting-edge research insights, and international perspectives, fostering high-level academic exchange and collaboration throughout the conference. 

Professor Tong Xiaoguang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, delivered the welcome address. He emphasized that, as the host institution, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital has remained steadfast in its commitment to advancing innovation in the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. The hospital has maintained longstanding and close academic ties with Université Paris-Saclay and the French neuroradiology community, fostering international collaboration and cultivating highly skilled neurointerventional professionals with global competitiveness.

Professor Tong noted that the conference serves not only as a valuable platform for international academic exchange and cooperation but also as an important milestone in advancing the field of neurointervention in China. He expressed his sincere hope that all distinguished guests and participants would benefit from the three days of academic exchange, gain fresh insights through the integration of Eastern and Western medical perspectives, and draw inspiration from the sharing of knowledge, expertise, and innovative clinical practices.

Professor Laurent Spelle provided an overview of the longstanding history and development of neurointervention at Hôpital Bicêtre, France.

Professor Wei Ming delivered an overview of neurointervention and cerebrovascular surgery at Tianjin Huanhu Hospital.

Professor Tong Xiaoguang, President of Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, delivered an academic lecture entirely in English entitled “Advances and Perspectives in Cerebral Bypass Surgery.”

Following the academic sessions, members of the organizing committee guided the distinguished experts and conference participants on a tour of Tianjin Huanhu Hospital’s Neuroanatomy Laboratory, Neurointerventional Operating Suites, and Hybrid Operating Rooms, providing an opportunity to gain firsthand insights into the hospital’s advanced facilities and clinical capabilities.