Figure 1.

Memory of China lung transplantation stepping forward in 40 years. (A) In 1979, Dr. Xin performed the first lung transplantation case (Courtesy of China-Japan Hospital); (B) in 2003, Dr. Yuping Chen, Dr. Fengrui Zhao, Dr. Jingyu Chen and Dr. Guoliang Zhang, the key pioneers in Chinese lung transplantation, gathering in a meeting; (C) in 2017, Dr. Chen took charge of the Lung Transplant Center at the Beijing-China Friendship Hospital; photo taken with the former chief of the hospital, Dr. Yuling Xin.