The lumpectomy of the thyroid gland dates back to November 1995, when Gagner, an American general surgeon, performed the first lumpectomy for subtotal parathyroidectomy, in which the thyroid gland was separated and a biopsy of the left thyroid nodule was performed, and to July 1996, when Hüscher, an Italian general surgeon, performed the first lumpectomy of the right thyroid lobe. Over the past decade, with the development and popularity of minimally invasive surgery, a variety of lumpectomy techniques for thyroid surgery have been used. Depending on the surgical approach, lumpectomy thyroid surgery is divided into lumpectomy-assisted thyroid surgery (VAT) and complete lumpectomy thyroid surgery (TET). In the early stage, the indications for lumpectomy thyroid surgery were limited to benign thyroid diseases. In 2000, Miccoli et al. started to apply lumpectomy surgical techniques to papillary thyroid cancer, and lumpectomy for radical thyroid cancer was gradually carried out and achieved great development. In the same year, Ohgami in Japan performed thoracic breast approach lumpectomy for thyroid surgery. In recent years, transoral thyroid surgery and robotic thyroidectomy have also been applied to this field. Since 2006, our hospital has been performing lumpectomy thyroid surgery, and has performed more than 3000 cases of this surgery so far. Both the total number of surgeries and the volume of lumpectomy for thyroid cancer are far ahead in China and internationally. In June 2013, the International Society of Oncoplastic Endocrine Surgeon (ISOPES) was established in Seoul, Korea, bringing together top experts in lumpectomy thyroid surgery from all over the world, and we, as the only member in mainland China, will strive to promote the standardization of lumpectomy thyroid surgery in China. As the only member of ISOPES in China, we will strive to promote the standardization of lumpectomy thyroid surgery in China.