[Next era of the thirty-year Chinese laparoscopic surgery: past, present, and future]

Laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery has experienced 30 years of development in China, and has now entered a high plateau stage at the technical level. Laparoscopic surgery, once an emerging technology, is gradually becoming a "traditional surgery". Meanwhile, laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery is gradually moving towards a new situation of multi-disciplinary and multi-technical integration. High-quality clinical studies are constantly being reported, and new tools and techniques are emerging. In the next era, the development of laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery will focus more on international research, digital surgery, high-tech operating rooms, etc. An urging requirement is to understand and face the current intensified involution and other practical problems, and to create another glorious innovation for Chinese laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery in the next 30 years.