title: Editorial for the Third Pangu Stroke Conference.
abstract: The Pangu Stroke Conference has been held annually in China since 2012 and is based on the successful templates of the Princeton Stroke Conference in the United States and the Marburg Conference on Cerebral Ischemia in Germany. All participants in the Pangu Stroke Conference are expert stroke clinicians or stroke basic science researchers of Chinese origin. This conference promotes collaboration between clinicians and basic science researchers and between stroke researchers in mainland China and other parts of the world. The Pangu Stroke Conference fosters translational stroke research, discussions of stroke research milestones, and proposals for future directions. Some of the keynote presentations in the third Pangu Stroke Conference are included in this special issue.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xunming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Guohua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke