[Current status and future prospect of uveitis research in China]

Uveitis, as one of the major cause of blindness worldwide, seriously harms patients' vision and quality of life. The social and economic burden caused by uveitis cannot be ignored. Remarkable achievements in basic and clinical uveitis research were gained after decades of unremitting efforts by Chinese ophthalmologists. A number of original results and breakthroughs were achieved in researches on Behcet's disease, VKH syndrome and other important types of disease that lead to blindness. We are integrating the power of the Chinese Ocular Immunology Association, conducting multi-center collaborative research, and establishing the uveitis sample bank of Chinese. We need to train more uveitis specialists in the future, establish diagnostic and treatment practices of different types of uveitis, accelerate the research on main diseases which lead to blindness, further enhance the overall level of uveitis study, and enhance China's research position in international uveitis.