The 3rd Global Summit on Circulatory Health was held in Dubai to address improving medical care for much of the world's population Prior to the World Congress of Cardiology on Cardiovascular Health (WCC) in Dubai, the 3rd Global Summit on Circulatory Health was held on 4-5 December 2018.The Summit brought together international, continental and national organizations and leaders in health, academia, civil society, and the private sector to drive action on the timely issue of access to essential medicines and technologies.The case for improved access to essential medicines is compelling-nearly 2 billion people lack access to essential medicines, an estimated 100 million end up living on USD 10.90 or less a day because they have to pay for health care, and another 800 million people spend at least 10% of their household budgets to pay for health care.Convened under the leadership of Professors Salim Yusuf, Martin McKee, and David Wood (Figure 1), the 3rd Global Summit began by taking stock of the main challenges in ensuring access to medicines, including limited investments in health, fragmented supply chains, low quality or falsified medicines, and inconsistent national, regional, and international action.

the-art research facilities of Fuwai Hospital and the NCCD, and with full support from their visionary director Professor Hu, this young group's scientific efforts are likely to shed more light into various unresolved issues related to this challenging heart disease.Moreover, the group members have research ambitions to cover all cardiomyopathies and ultimately provide better health care solutions for these patients and their relatives at risk.To this end, they intend to launch a nationwide screening program for cardiomyopathies and establish a comprehensive Chinese database, incorporating detailed clinical and pathological records, imaging data, genetic information, and a largescale biobank in the near future.'Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere', says a Chinese proverb.The young clinicians and researchers at Fuwai Hospital are putting tremendous effort to get more in-depth knowledge and experience in their fields of research.Without any doubt, their scientific work will follow them as a treasure and help them and others to understand mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and improve management strategies.