(By Xiaobin Feng)With the approval of the National Publication Foundation of China (NPFC) management committee, the project of "Precision Liver Surgery (Treatise and Multimedia Digital Publications)", led by Prof. Jiahong Dong, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering of Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, is granted the key project funding of NPFC of 2018.

　　Professor Jiahong Dong, an internationally renowned expertise in hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation, first introduced the concept of "Precision Surgery" with the core principles of "Three key elements, Systematic intervention". He created the precision hepatobiliary surgery paradigm characterized by certainty, predictability, and controllability, and proposed a series of techniques for localization, quantification, spatialization, as well as precisely control in hepatobiliary operation, which significantly improved the efficacy of surgical treatment for complex hepatobiliary diseases. The precision hepatobiliary surgery paradigm he proposed and advocated is now wide-recognized by the international surgery community and has been promoted to the entire surgery field as well as other clinical scenarios. The new paradigm has driven the evolutionary transition from traditional empirical surgery to modern precision surgery.

　　This book is the first treatise on the theory and practice of precision liver surgery in the world. It comprehensively elaborates the “Precision Liver Surgery” as a brand new surgery concept, paradigm, and technical system, and leads the upmost standard in the field of hepatobiliary surgery both academically and technically. The book is a full-color printed will be in press worldwide in both Chinese and English versions. The main content is full of colorful and exquisite sketches and surgical photos to complement the text, as well as is attached with high-definition surgical videos and three- or four-dimensional dynamic demonstrations. It also provides various terminal reading options, such as scanning from QR code, reading from offline PC and webpages. This treatise is characterized as modern era based, as well as a magnificent work of the theory and practice of precise liver surgery to readers from the specialized professional field.

　　The authorship of this book is featured by a top-tier group of international scholars and domestic experts in the field of precision hepatobiliary surgery. And it is led by Professor Chao-Long Chen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an internationally renowned liver transplant surgeon, and former director of Taiwan Changgung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung, Professor Pierre-Alain Clavien, head of Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine of University of Zurich, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, a world-renowned surgeon, Professor Jean C. Emond, executive dean of Transplantation Center and associate head of Department of Surgery from School of Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital in the Columbia University, Professor Yuman Fong, head of Surgery at City of Hope Medical Center, an internationally renowned expertise in hepatobiliary oncology and surgery, Professor Daniel Cherqui, head of Surgery at the Hepatobiliary Center of the Paul Brousse Hospital of the University of Paris and President of the International Society for Laparoscopic Liver Surgery, and Professor Jia Fan, President of Fudan University affiliated Zhongshan Hospital and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a renowned liver surgeon. In addition, the editorial board also incorporates dozens of well-known domestic professors and experts, including Qiang Li, Xiaoping Geng, Chenghong Peng, Feng Shen, Qiang Xia, Jianqiang Cai, Weiping Zhou, Jian Zhou, etc. The full authorship ensures the perfect combination of academic authority and clinical practicality of the book.

　　As the publisher, Tsinghua University Press, backed by Tsinghua University and with the motto of "Self-discipline and Social Commitment", has gained the well-recognized brand image with comprehensive strength and quality control system after decades of hard work dedicated by generations of publishers. The Tsinghua University Press has obtained "China Publishing Government Award" for many times and this also guarantees the timely and efficient accomplishment of this project. The authors will take this opportunity to work closely with Tsinghua University Press to establish an innovative and collaborative platform for online and onsite, domestic and international interactions in the field of precision liver surgery, and to better provide knowledge exchanges and technique promotion of precision surgery for peers throughout the world.

　　The publication of "Precision Liver Surgery" will help improving the theoretical and technical strength of hepatobiliary surgeons, promoting the widespread of precision liver surgery paradigm, and benefiting patients suffering hepatobiliary diseases.(Reviewer Jiang Liu)