The World Health Organization has designated the third Wednesday in November as World Slow Lung Day to help raise awareness and improve the under-diagnosis and under-treatment of slow lung disease. “World Chronic Obstructive Lung Day is dedicated to highlighting to those who may have undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that dyspnea is not an inevitable part of aging and that this condition can be changed. WHO predicts that without urgent action, the total number of deaths due to COPD will increase by 30% in the next 10 years, making it the third leading cause of death worldwide. Gao Li, Department of Respiratory Medicine, People’s Hospital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Theme of the previous years’ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day: November 20, 2002 Theme: Raise awareness of the disease November 19, 2003 Theme: Care for your lungs, breathe better November 17, 2004 Theme: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – a disease that cannot be ignored November 16, 2005 Theme: Breathe easy The theme of the fifth World COPD Day on November 15, 2006 is “Breathe Easy, Breathe No More”; the theme of the sixth World COPD Day on November 21, 2007 is “Breathe Easy, Breathe No More”; the theme of the seventh World COPD Day on November 19, 2008 is “Breathe Easy, Breathe No More”; the theme of the sixth World COPD Day on November 19, 2008 is “Breathe Easy, Breathe No More”. The theme of the seventh World Chronic Lung Disease Day on November 19, 2008 is “Breathe Easy, Stop Being Helpless”; the theme of the seventh World Chronic Lung Disease Day on November 18, 2009 is “Breathe Easy, Stop Being Helpless”; the theme of the ninth World Chronic Lung Disease Day on November 17, 2010 is “Breathe Easy, Stop Being Helpless”. The theme of the tenth World Chronic Obstructive Lung Day on November 16, 2011 is “Overcoming COPD treatment challenges and improving the living environment of patients”. In 2012, the Department of Respiratory Medicine will conduct a series of lectures and interactive exchanges on World Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Day, and we hope that patients will pay attention to the relevant news posters.