The 18th National Congress on Laboratory Medicine of the Chinese Medical Association (referred to as the 2024 National Congress of Laboratory Medicine) hosted by the Chinese Medical Association and the Chinese Society of Laboratory Medicine will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province from August 22nd to 24th, 2024. This congress will be a large-scale academic conference and a grand event in the field of laboratory medicine in China in 2024. The conference will cover the latest research results and development trends in various fields of clinical laboratory medicine and laboratory management, and will extensively discuss the new situations and challenges facing laboratory medicine. Renowned international and domestic experts will be invited to give keynote speeches. The conference will also include continuing education sessions, an exhibition of clinical laboratory photography, and a clinical laboratory equipment and new technology exhibition. All participants will be eligible for national-level medical continuing education credits. We warmly welcome colleagues from the clinical laboratory medicine community globally to actively submit abstract and participate in the conference.