1月3日開啟了我與李友平的2023年首飛。從廣州直飛無錫，這個如夢如幻的中國古城。這四年半的時間，充實而美好。全國53個城市128家三甲醫院與我們開展了緊密的國際醫療服務。我始終堅信：一個國家，科技發達，醫學昌明，教育普及，人民安居樂業，自由法制，這才重要。這就是我們從廣州到慕尼黑充滿非凡理想和遠大抱負的中國醫院的故事。昨天上午江門市中心醫院脊柱外科付兆宗醫生順利從廣州直飛羅馬，后轉乘火車到博洛尼亞來到了傳說中的里佐利骨科研究所（Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute）。他的導師是世界脊柱腫瘤第一人Boriani教授 。Boriani 因個人親自主刀了超過2000臺脊柱腫瘤手術為此震驚世界。上海長征醫院骨科醫院肖建如院長非常尊敬他。這四年時間江門市中心醫院脊柱外科在陳忠羨主任的帶領下由每年800臺手術增長到了2000臺，每年可以獨立開展50臺脊柱腫瘤手術。江門當地百姓無需跋山涉水到中國一線城市即可在當地就醫這種復雜而罕見的疾病。這就是我們多年來堅信要深耕基層醫療的信心所在。今年6月陳忠羨主任也將到達意大利向大師學習，不斷提升自已。江門市中心醫院脊柱外科已開展了脊柱微創技術，脊柱側彎畸形技術和脊柱腫瘤技術，真切造福了當地百姓。從2018年開始世界微創脊柱大師Prof. Mayer和Prof. Boriani 都曾親自到訪該院與陳忠羨主任團隊面對面交流。像《奇異恩典》一曲中兩句：Was blind, but now l see.曾經盲目，重又得見，這就是大師的恩典。

On January 3, I took my first flight of 2023 with one of our colleagues, Li Youping, from Guangzhou to Wuxi, which is a picturesque historical city of China. Gloryren has a fruitful and great journey in the last four and a half years. We are in close collaboration with 128 Grade III Class A hospitals in 53 Chinese cities by providing them with international medical services. I always believe that what really matters for a country is having its people living in a free and law-governed society with advanced science and technology, advanced medical system, a high level of popularization of education, and living in peace and contentment. From Guangzhou to Munich, this is the story of the Chinese hospitals with extraordinary ideals and ambitions. On February 4, Dr. Fu Zhaozong, a spine surgeon from Jiangmen Central Hospital, took a direct flight from Guangzhou to Rome and then transferred by train to Bologna to visit the prestigious Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute. His mentor, Prof. Boriani, is a World-class Master for Spinal Tumor who has collected more than 2,000 cases on this subject so far, which surprises the colleagues worldwide. Xiao Jianru, the President of Orthopaedic Hospital of Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, feels great respect toward him. Led by Director Chen Zhongxian, the annual surgical caseload in the Department of Spine Surgery of Jiangmen Central Hospital has increased from 800 to 2,000 in the last four years. Every year, around 50 surgeries for spinal tumor could be performed in this department. The local residents are no longer trekking into the hospitals in the first-tier cities to seek medical treatment for these complex and rare diseases, but could receive the treatment in local hospitals. This built our confidence to keep our faith over the years that we should be deeply involved in developing primary care. Director Chen Zhongxian also will fly to Italy to learn from the Master to improve himself in June 2023. The Department of Spine Surgery of Jiangmen Central Hospital has mastered minimally invasive techniques, and has carried out complex surgeries to treat spinal deformity and spinal tumor, which has greatly benefited the local people. Since 2018, the world’s minimally invasive spine master Prof. Mayer and Prof. Boriani have been visiting the hospital to meet with Director Chen Zhongxian and his team for academic exchanges. As the hymn “Amazing Grace” goes, “Was blind, but now I see”, what the Masters brought to the Chinese hospitals is a comparable goodwill.