[To improve minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery based on high quality in China]

Laparoscopic surgery for gastrointestinal diseases had a remarkable achievement in the past 20 years. To ensure the high quality of minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery, several issues should be addressed, including correct guidelines and standard based on the consensus, high quality evidence from multi-center randomized control studies, proper training system for the technique, and constant innovations to improve the technique. We believe that with the great efforts of gastrointestinal surgeons, the minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery in China is promising in the near future.