[Retrospect of development and progress over the past 60 years and going further while carrying out practice]

This article briefly describes the establishment and development of Department of Burns and Reconstructive Surgery of Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. Over the past 60 years, our department has achieved great achievements in the treatment of burns by the combination of traditional Chinese medicine with western medicine, treatment of severe burns, and burn wounds repaired by flaps, and established Hunan burn rescue medical collaboration network. With the development of society and the change of disease spectrum, the future development direction of our department mainly focuses on treatment of severe burns, scar prevention, and treatment of acute and chronic wounds.