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November 22-24, 2019
Shanghai, China
The Official Conference News of APVRS 2019
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The 13th APVRS Opened in Spectacular by Hazlin Hassan
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Shanghai Style
he 13th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Vitreoretina Society (APVRS) opened yesterday to a magnificent heart-thumping Chinese dance and drum performance, as some 4,000 delegates from over 40 countries gathered at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Shanghai, China, one of the largest exhibition complexes in the world. “The APVRS congress is an established first-rate platform in the Asia-Pacific region for scientific change, research, and discovery in the field of vitreo-retinal disease. Shanghai is an economic, financial, cultural and scientific center of China, with numerous places of interest and also Chinese cuisine waiting for you to explore it,” Congress president Professor Xiaoxin Li said in her welcome address. “Every year we prepare the best programs and scientific sessions,” said Congress president Professor Xun Xu. “Time flies. Without our noticing, it is already 12 years since we last organized the APVRS in China in 2007,” said Professor Dennis Lam, president of the APVRS, in his welcoming speech. He said that the Chinese believed that a period of 12 years carries a special meaning as it completes a cycle in the Chinese zodiac where each year is represented by an animal such as the tiger, dog or monkey. The year 2007 was the year of the pig and 2019 is too, he noted.
“I was also born in the year of the pig. For the Chinese, the pig symbolizes fortune and more importantly, a huge potential for growth,” he explained. The Asia-Pacific region has become one of the most important engines for the world economy, with China and Japan coming in second and third respectively after the United States. “The Asia-Pacific region is progressing very rapidly. Likewise, the growth of APVRS has been tremendous and amazing,” said Prof. Lam. Cont. on Page 3>>
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