From November 27 to 28, 2021, the first China medical informatics discipline development conference was held in Beijing. The theme of the conference focuses on "deep cross integration of information enabled health", aiming to promote the development of medical informatics in China under the background of "healthy China" and "digital health", accelerate the cross integration application of information science and technology in the field of health, and help the high-quality development of health and medical education. Academician Wang Chen, vice president of Chinese Academy of engineering and President of Peking Union Medical College of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, served as the president of the conference. Liu Qian, vice chairman of the education, science, culture and Health Committee of the National People's Congress and President of China Hospital Association, Mao Qun'an, director of the planning, development and Information Department of the National Health Commission, Liu Dengfeng, inspector of the science, technology and Education Department of the National Health Commission, and Dr. gauden galea, representative of the World Health Organization in China, addressed the conference respectively. Academician Liu Depei of the Chinese Academy of engineering and academician Chen Runsheng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attended the conference.

At the meeting, the Institute of medical information of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences initiated and established the "national medical informatics discipline development alliance". The participating leaders and three academicians jointly unveiled the national medical informatics discipline development alliance. "National medical informatics discipline development alliance" aims to improve the discipline development level from two aspects of career development and industry management, realize the integrated development of academia and industry, and promote the high-quality informatization of medical health industry. The first batch of members of the alliance are 22 units related to the construction of medical informatics disciplines, such as national universities, scientific research institutes and medical and health institutions. The school of public health of Jilin University, as the first institution to carry out undergraduate education in medical information in China and the first to independently set up master's degree points and doctoral degree points of secondary interdisciplinary subjects of medical information, has become the first batch of member units of the alliance.

17 experts and scholars from home and abroad carried out in-depth ideological exchange and sharing around discipline construction, innovation research, industry application, theoretical methods and other aspects, responded to the concerns of industry development, led the trend of discipline innovation, and aroused warm repercussions from colleagues in the industry. Professor Wang Wei, vice chairman of medical informatics branch of Chinese Medical Association and doctoral supervisor of Medical Informatics Department of School of public health of our university, was invited to give a special report on career planning and career development of medical information talents at the conference.

The conference attracted experts and scholars in medical informatics and related fields nationwide, with a total number of 14400 participants. Mainstream media such as people's daily, science and technology daily and the "learning power" platform of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee successively reported on the conference, highlighting the high attention and concern of the mainstream media and the national level for the development of medical informatics, as well as the extensive influence of the conference.

Medical informatics, produced by the integration of the development of information science and medical development, is playing a more and more important role in the field of medical health. "National medical informatics discipline development alliance" has created a deeper communication and cooperation platform for national peers, which is of far-reaching significance for promoting the rapid development of disciplines and scientifically planning talent training. It is a new milestone in the development of medical informatics disciplines in China, and has also injected new vitality into the development of medical informatics disciplines and interdisciplinary talent training in our university, It provides a new platform and development opportunity.