The US/China workshop: Regulation, standards, and innovation IV, organized by the Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSBM) and the US Society for Biomaterials (SFB) in Minneapolis 2017

The 4th Joint Workshop organized by the Chinese Society for Biomaterials(CSBM)and the US Society for Biomaterials(SFB),the US/China Workshop:Regulation,Standards,and Innovation IV was successfully held in Minneapolis on April 5th,2017 during the SFB 2017 Annual Meeting.Following the first three annual workshops hosted in both the US(the 1st at Boston in 2013 and the 2nd at Denver in 2014)and China(the 3rd at Haikou in 2015),it is the first biennial workshop after a joint business meeting between CSBM and US SFB during the 10th World Biomaterials Congress in 2016 determined that future joint workshop will be hosted at each country every other year starting in 2017.