A joint liver cancer center has been launched by signing a cooperative agreement between Cleveland Clinic at Cleveland, Ohio, USA and the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University on November 16, 2012 at Hangzhou, China. In recent years, a series of cooperative projects have been carried out between medical centers of other countries and the First Affiliated Hospital. This endeavor facilitates international cooperation between the First Affiliated Hospital and other oversea centers in faculty training and basic research in liver cancer.