• The first preparatory meeting of the Asian Society of Cryosurgery was successfully held in Guangzhou, China on September 4, 2010. More than twenty experts in the field of cryotherapy from six countries participated in this momentous meeting.
• They focused on topics related to the " Foundation of the Asian Society of Cryosurgery", including the drafting and approval of the Constitution for the Asian Society of Cryosurgery. At the end of the meeting, the "Constitution of the Asian Cryotherapy Society" was officially announced, which formed a solid working basis for the establishment and development of the ASC.
• The ASC Preparatory Committee decided to hold the Founding and Election Meeting of the ASC in Guangzhou, China in May 2012.
• The experts that participated in the first preparatory meeting of the ASC included
Then President of the International Society of Cryosurgery, Prof. Nikolai Korpan from Austria and former President Prof. Sajio Sumida
Prof. Kecheng Xu, Prof. Jiren Zhang, Prof. Lizhi Niu, Prof. Qing Wu, Prof. Kevin Hu from China
Prof. Cho Tak Shiu from Hong Kong,China
Prof. Kim Ji-hyung from South Korea,
Prof. Barlian Sutedja from Indonesia,
Prof. Masashi Watanabe, Prof. Yasuyuki Sugiyama from Japan
Prof. Gueorgui G. Prokohorov, Prof. Vladimir Shafranov, Prof. Vladimir Ivanovich Kochenov from Russia:
and Ms. Esther Law Lee Paw from Malaysia.
Foundation and Election Conference of The Ascian Society of Cryosurgery
May 26,2012 Guangzhou, China