The Journal has progressed tremendously in recent years, and should be positioned to be a prime journal for gastrointestinal malignancies.

Congratulations! I can imagine how hard the Editorial Team had been working! JTD will have a brilliant future!

Congratulations on the teamwork of JTD for its achievement in gaining more and more attention worldwide! From the landmark of its’ development, JTD is embarking on a new start.

Of interest is the global philosophy of the journal, which includes articles and reviews on topics that matter to impoverished regions in the world.

Greetings to all colleagues involved in the editorial and publishing groups of the Journal of Thoracic Disease. Congratulations on the exponential growth of JTD readers. It is your skill and hard work that has brought off the success. Thanks to my friend and editor-in-chief professor Zhong Nanshan, a truly great physician and editor. I have had the honor to work with him for 23 years. The International COPD Coalition is grateful to all of you for your support of respiratory patients through the ICC column. We are the largest worldwide organization of COPD patients. And as your partner, we promote JTD and the JTD column through Email blasts that reach 6000 respiratory physicians and patient group leaders worldwide. I know that JTD will continue its growth because of the valuable information that you provide and I know that you will enjoy your well-deserved celebration today. Congratulations and thank you!

Journal of Thoracic Disease has been so successful and so widely read and you will not believe how many surgeons are met in my career in the past few years that really congratulate on the success and the expertise of these journal producers. So we are very happy of the family of JTD and we hope to continue this successful road and we hope more and more readers to join and to share our happiness of this achievement.