The mission of the ASCVTS is to offer the best quality healthcare to Asian people who are suffering from cardiovascular and thoracic diseases. The Society is a membership-based organisation. Currently, there are 879 members of the Society in 29 countries or regions, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, The Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UK, the US, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Over the years, the Society has become the most important cardiothoracic surgical organisation in Asia. In the global community of our speciality, the ASCVTS has been treated as a single cardiothoracic surgical society representing Asia and has been invited to attend the Joint International Leadership Meeting of Cardiothoracic Surgical Organisations. The other members of the Joint International Leadership Meeting include the AATS, the STS, the EACTS and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS).