Published online Mar 26, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i9.2022
Peer-review started: November 30, 2020
First decision: January 10, 2021
Revised: February 19, 2021
Accepted: March 18, 2021
Article in press: March 18, 2021
Published online: March 26, 2021
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The Ministry of Health of China officially issued a document, adding the first level diagnosis and treatment discipline “Algology” in the list of diagnosis and treatment subjects of medical institutions on July 16, 2007. As the most important pain academic organization in China, the Chinese Association for the Study of Pain has made outstanding contributions in promoting the development of pain discipline and in establishing pain standards and disease diagnosis and treatment guidelines. In this special issue, under the leadership of Yan-Qing Liu, Chairman of the 7th Committee of the Chinese Association for the Study of Pain, nine consensus and one guideline were included.
Core Tip: Pain medicine has developed rapidly in China and accumulated rich Chinese experience in the diagnosis and treatment of various pain diseases. Under the leadership of Yan-Qing Liu, Chairman of the 7th Committee of the Chinese Association for the Study of Pain, this special edition contains nine consensus and one guideline.