On the afternoon of September 27, 2017, the National Innovation Institute of Additive Manufacturingand the First Affiliated Hospital of XJTU formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement for jointly establishing the Joint Laboratory for Clinical Medicine of Additive Manufacturing on 2017 China (Xi'an) International Additive Manufacturing Exhibition and Technology Summit Forum. XJTU Professor Lu Bingheng, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, presided over the conference's opening ceremony and the experts summit. Professor Lu Bingheng also delivered a notable keynote speech about the development trends and application prospects of 3D printing. He said that the application of 3D printing in biomedical and other fields shall be vigorously promoted so that 3D printing technology can become "professionalized and internationalized".