2013年6月11日，美国Baylor医学院程继忠教授来到北京市心肺血管疾病研究所，研究所杜杰副所长主持并召开了学术交流会。会议的主要形式为本研究所部分工作人员研究生们将主要的在研课题(包括心脏纤维化、心梗后心脏重塑、肾脏纤维化、肿瘤血管新生等方面)结果进行汇报，程继忠教授进行点评，并提出课题需要解决的问题。整个会议过程中，大家积极踊跃发言，程教授的精彩点评也受到了热烈的掌声。会议最后，程继忠教授指出，近两年来，研究所引进了许多的新的仪器设备，同时也引进了一批优秀人才，整体科研水平发生了质的飞跃，他希望研究生们要抓住好的资源，积极努力，为医学科学研究事业做出贡献。

June 11, 2013, Jizhong Cheng, the Professor of Baylor College of Medicine United States, came to Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases. Du Jie, the deputy director of Institute, hosted and convened a symposium. The main form of this meeting was that part of the staff and students reported the main result of research projects select including cardiac fibrosis, cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction, renal fibrosis, tumor angiogenesis and so on union all then Professor Cheng commented and pointed out the problems need to be solved. During the meeting, everyone spoke actively, and the wonderful comments of Professor Cheng also received warm applause. At the end, Professor Cheng pointed out that, in recent years, Research Institute have introduced a number of advanced equipments and outstanding talents, the overall research level of Institute also acquired a qualitative leap. He also hoped that the graduate students could grasp the good resources, serious efforts, and contribute to the medical science.