Over the past two decades, the scientific and applicable scope of biomedical studies based on primates has expanded dramatically. Researches using primate animal models have been given intensive concern, especially those on stem cell biology, developmental biology, regenerative medicine, vaccine development, and disease modelling. In this great wave, China stands out as one of the most active and important contributors. The International Symposium on Primate Research (ISPR), which is one of the most important primate research conferences worldwide, is held in China since 2004, it has been held eight times and successfully closes the distance between primate researchers from China and overseas, as well as the distance among primate researches in different disciplines.