Frontiers in Regenerative Medical Materials, Comments from the participants of the 2014 China-Korea Symposium on Biomimetic and Regenerative Medical Materials

Based on the last 10 successful series of the China–Korea Symposium on Biomaterials and Nano-biotechnology, we initiated a new invitation-based bilateral forum for established leaders and emerging young scientists in the field, the 2014 China–Korea symposium on biomimetic and regenerative medical materials, which was held from November 26 to 28 in Wuhan, China. In the past decade, a lot of breakthrough achievements in biomedical materials and regenerative medicine have been made in our two countries. Currently, biomaterials science and engineering has been evolved into a critical stage of bioactive integration and tissue regeneration from a simple functional replacement and substitution. Biomimetic and regenerative medical materials will become main topics in the field. The aim of this symposium is to provide a platform for the frontier discussion and the bilateral cooperation between China and Korea. During the symposium, we organized a special panel discussion. The participants brainstormed a lot of new ideas on how to develop this dynamic field. The topics even involved all aspects of the relationships between National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSBM) and Korean Society for Biomaterials (KSBM), along with some strategies to improve such partnerships among institution, professional society and industrial community.