The burden of esophageal cancer in China is heavy, which seriously threatens people's lives and health. In order to change the current situation of high incidence, high mortality and low early diagnosis rate of esophageal cancer in China and promote the esophageal cancer screening program in China, in 2019, a number of relevant societies organized multidisciplinary experts in digestion, endoscopy, tumor and health management in China to jointly formulate the Consensus Opinions of Experts on Screening Early Esophageal Cancer and Precancerous Lesions in China (Xinxiang, 2019), with a view to establishing and refining the early esophageal cancer screening process suitable for the actual situation in China, and providing guidance and reference for screening work.