On October 24^th, the International Cartilage Repair Society set up the China Division (ICRS-China) in Beijing. In the ceremony, chairman of ICRS, Professor Norimasa Nakamura, appointed Ao Yingfang, chief of Peking University Third Hospital (PUTH) institute of sports medicine, as the chairman of ICRS-China. Translated by Chen Ping, Proofed by Lin Manxin and Liu Xiangjun