Dear Friends and Colleagues:

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to welcome you all to 19th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology (GW-ICC) & ACC Symposium: Cardiology Update 2008 will be held at Beijing International Convention Center (BICC) from October 23th to October 26th, 2008.

GW-ICC 2008 promises to continue the tradition of comprehensive and innovative, the high-quality Scientific Program of this year’s congress was built on the success of our past annual congresses and will be presented by widely recognized international and national experts, the selected controversial topics will feature on basic science, clinical cardiology, intervention, prevention, geriatric cardiology, cardiac surgery, thromboembolism, community medicine, cardiac imaging, nursing, etc. Through the diversiform format, such as lectures, panel discussion, luncheon, debate, case analysis, live-demo, meeting experts, poster and oral presentation, the congress will open new perspectives on issues of science and treatment of clinical problems in the daily cardiology practice.

A four days state-of-the-art academic program will offer you a platform of updating knowledge, learning exchange, making friends and cooperation. A big medical exhibition will also be held within the GW-ICC 2008, the medical companies and institutes will have the opportunity to boost their new products and contact more colleagues by then.

As the capital city of China, Beijing is the nation's political and cultural center and also a center for international contacts, combined China’s long history and rich culture. Today’s Beijing is mingled with tradition and modernity. It is true that Beijing is changing greatly everyday, especially was elected as host of Olympic Games 2008.We believe that you are sure to be fascinated by the ancient Chinese culture as well as modern civilization available here.

Look forward to seeing you in Beijing.

Sincerely,

Dayi Hu MD FACC
Chairman of 19th GW-ICC