In the sweltering summer, we gather in Ice City. The “8th Annual Hematology Conference” organized by the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO), the CSCO Leukemia Expert Committee, and the CSCO Lymphoma Expert Committee, and hosted by the Harbin Institute of Hematology and Oncology and Peking University Cancer Hospital, was grandly held in Harbin from July 26 to 28, 2024. Renowned experts and scholars from both domestic and international arenas came together to present and discuss research in leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, as well as address hot topics in clinical practice. On the first day of the conference, we were honored to interview Dr. Jun Ma, the conference chairman and director of the Harbin Institute of Hematology and Oncology, to share the hi