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Since its inauguration in April 2015, Hepatoma Research (HR) has constantly adhered to the concept of high quality publishing and has continued to develop. It has made numerous advancements in 2017 and gained recognition from more experts in the field of liver cancer research. The world has heard our voice.

The second summit forum and the 2017 second Editorial Board meeting of the journal, Hepatoma Research, were held on November 25, 2017, in the beautiful city of Nanning, Guangxi Province, China. This Editorial Board meeting was the third Editorial Board Meeting to be held in the journal’s history, the first being in New Orleans, in the USA in April 2016 and the second being in Rongcheng, in China in July 2017.

A summit forum and the 2017 First Editorial Board meeting of the journal, Hepatoma Research, were held on July 16, 2017, in the beautiful city of Rongcheng, Shandong Province, China. This Editorial Board meeting was the second Editorial Board Meeting to be held in the journal's history, the first being in New Orleans, in the USA in April 2016.

In June, 2017, Hepatoma Research (HR) enters a new era with the change of its Editor-in-Chief (EIC). After two years as the EIC of HR, Prof. Joseph. F. Buell stepped back and was appointed as the honorary EIC of the journal by OAE Publishing Inc.. Former associate editor, Prof. Guang-Wen Cao, was elected as the new EIC with a term of two years.

From February 15-19, 2017, the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) was held at the Shanghai International Convention Center in China. Lisa Huang, the Managing Editor of Hepatoma Research (HR) and Assistant Editors Coco Kou and Bonnie Wang attended the meeting to promote the Journal.

On January 10, 2017, 2016 Annual Report meeting of the Hepatoma Research was held. The Managing Editor of Hepatoma Research, Lisa Huang, presented an overall review of the development of the Journal over the past year to all members of the editorial office. A summary of the key events of what has been a very busy year follows.

On December 12, 2016, Fan Min, General Manager of OAE Publishing Company; Yu Dandan, Head of Publishing Department of Hepatoma Research; and Lisa Huang, managing editor of Hepatoma Research, visited Prof. Shu-kui Qin, Honorary Editor of Hepatoma Research and Vice-chairman of Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) at Nanjing Bayi Hospital. They indulged in an in-depth exchange of issues regarding the development of the journal.

On Sep 23, 2016, the editorial team of Hepatoma Research (Hepatoma Res, HR) visited Prof. Shu-Kui Qin, Chairman of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) and member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Xiamen, China.