GW-ICC 2025
The 36th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology (GW-ICC)/Asian Heart Society (AHS) Congress2025 was held successfully in China on 16–19 October (Thursday to Sunday). After 35 years of development, GW-ICC has become an indispensable and veritable feast for many cardiovascular practitioners, a ‘reunion’ occasion for generations of cardiovascular researchers and doctors in China, and an ‘international through train’ for Chinese cardiologist to communicate with overseas colleagues.
This year’s Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology/Asian Heart Society Congress brought together medical doctors from 58 countries, held a total of 483 academic sessions, which covering the entire spectrum of cardiovascular diseases.
Totally, there were 24700 participants. More than 20 societies and organizations including the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the World Heart Federation took active parts in this conference.
Fun & Exciting – Workshops, Contests and Videos
GW-ICC continued to cooperate with international societies to develop training workshops this year, but we focused on making them fun and exciting. These included a cardiovascular knowledge competition, case competition, ECG contest and other events focus on our younger doctors. Our new "GW-ICC Discovery" Channel highlighted the extraordinary journeys of cardiovascular pioneers and academic leaders in the form of short documentaries that we hope will inspire young people to pursue their dreams.
A Global Cardiology Conference
Twenty-seven of the world's most influential cardiovascular societies have confirmed their participation in GW-ICC 2025. The leadership of our long-term partners, the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the World Heart Federation (WHF) not only joined our Opening Ceremony, but they continued to host joint sessions with leaders of GW-ICC to discuss the latest and most important developments in cardiology. Our esteemed journal partners, Circulation, the JACC Journal family of publications, European Heart Journal and JAMA Cardiology highlighted new advances in cardiovascular science and share their importance of these advancements to clinicians in Asia. As always, other overseas peers and academic institutions also joined GW-ICC.
GW-ICC 2025 was covering all cardiovascular disciplines and we hope to advance hand-in-hand with cardiology professionals and friends from all walks of life to realize the dream of lowering China’s cardiovascular burden!
