It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us for the 1st Huaxi International Forum on Rare Diseases (HIFRD) hosted by West China Hospital Sichuan University and Rare Diseases Center，West China Medicine Technology Transfer Center, will be held from May 7-9 2021 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in the form of Online + offline.

Rare diseases refer to diseases with very low prevalence. Owing to the large population base, rare patients are actually "not rare. “ Due to the complex etiology, heterogeneous symptoms and the limited examination means, the diagnostic rate is quite low, and the treatment is poor. The current situation needs to be improved urgently.

With the theme of "focus, collaboration and innovation", the forum focuses on the advances in clinical diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases, research technology platform, research transformation system, biological big data platform and other frontier fields.We invite world-renowned clinical and basic research experts in the field of rare diseases to share their research findings.Now we sincerely invite all experts in the field of rare diseases and related enterprises and institutions to gather in Chengdu to participate in this event.I hope this visit to Chengdu will bring you good memories.

In December 2020