In 2019, a total of 17,021 patients received thoracic surgeries at the Shanghai Chest Hospital, an increase of 21.1% over the previous year. These included 14,591 pulmonary resections, 1,017 esophageal procedures, 1,089 mediastinal procedures, 59 tracheal procedures, and 9 lung transplantations. The percentage of minimally invasive surgeries among all procedures was 89.8%, with 714 single-institution robotic-assisted thoracic surgeries being performed. Inspiringly, the average length of hospital stay of patients undergoing pulmonary surgery, esophageal surgery, and mediastinal surgery has continually decreased over the past 6 years. Meanwhile, the rate of major complications has remained low, with the in-hospital mortality rate being only 0.18% in 2019.