From May 25 to 28, 2018, "Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Li Shizhen's Birth and (2018) Li Shizhen International Summit Forum on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Health" was held in Qichun, Hubei Province, Li Shizhen's hometown. The conference was co-sponsored by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hubei Provincial People's Government and China Merchants Group, and co-organized by Materia Medica Reading Club (Hong Kong), Li Shizhen Research Branch of Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Li Shizhen Medical Research and Application Professional Committee of World Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Pharmaceutical History Professional Committee of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association. Wang Guoqiang, former Party Secretary and Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, President of Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Huang Luqi, Vice Chairman of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association and Academician of Academy of Engineering, Jin Shiyuan and Li Diangui, masters of traditional Chinese medicine, attended the conference. Invited to attend were Michael Heinrich, former president of the World Society of Traditional Medicine, German translator Wen Shude and his wife, as well as many well-known scholars from Japan, South Korea, the United States, and more than 500 representatives from home and abroad. Zheng Jinsheng, former chairman of the Pharmaceutical History Committee of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, and Zhao Zhongzhen, Mei Quanxi, Cao Hui, Peng Yong, Xiao Yongzhi, Xiao Huang, Wang Shangyong, Wan Fang, Peng Huasheng and other members attended the grand event. The proceedings of the conference included 20 academic papers submitted by members of the Pharmaceutical History Committee.