On May 20, a delegation of eight led by Director Lai Li-ju of Xinlai Eye Clinic in Taiwan, China made a special trip to Beijing Ming Vision & Ophthalmology for a two-day academic exchange visit. The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges of experience on core topics including the building of refractive surgery centers, the application of cutting-edge technologies, standardized diagnosis and treatment pathways for keratoconus, and presbyopia correction technology.

During the two-day visit, Director Lai Li-ju led the delegation on a tour of the outpatient area, examination rooms, dry eye center, special medical department and 800-square-meter refractive surgery center of Ming Vision & Ophthalmology, and observed Professor Zhou Yuehua performing the new minimally invasive SMILE Pro surgery and the Z8 all-purpose femtosecond surgery.

Director Lai Li-ju said with heartfelt emotion: "Ming Vision has reached world-class standards not only in technology and equipment, but also in the inheritance of hospital culture and the refinement of detail-oriented services, which is equally admirable. This kind of professionalism, from the inside out, is the very foundation that enables an institution to go the distance."

The two sides also discussed keratoconus cases encountered in clinical practice. Professor Zhou Yuehua gave an in-depth analysis of how to accurately assess corneal topography and identify potential keratoconus risks at the source. For patients with a confirmed diagnosis of keratoconus, corneal collagen cross-linking surgery can prevent the further progression of corneal ectasia. The faster keratoconus progresses, the more severe the damage to vision becomes; surgery should be performed as soon as possible, while the thickness of the corneal epithelium and stroma is still sufficient.

Professor Zhou Yuehua added that Ming Vision & Ophthalmology has always maintained an open mindset and warmly welcomes extensive academic exchanges, having just received a visit from Vietnamese colleagues in early May. Today, the friends who come to Ming Vision & Ophthalmology for vision correction now extend from within China to overseas. We will join hands with more refractive colleagues with an open attitude, using cutting-edge technology and pragmatic clinical experience to help more people, including friends in the Taiwan region of China.