May 10, The Fourth East Asian Symposium on Otology was successfully held. The meeting elected Prof. Wu Hao chairman of the East Asian Otological Society. More than 400 otological experts from 12 countries and regions including China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong gathered in Shanghai and discussed the latest development of otology. East Asian Conference on Otology was the most professional otologic conference founded by the otologic doctors and researchers from East Asian areas and this is a biennial conference which brings together the top pediatricians and audiologists in East Asia areas. The successful meeting has elevated the position the position of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in the international academic community.