Abstract: With the 30 years' development of minimally invasive surgery, the field of gastric cancer surgery is undergoing a paradigm shift from traditional laparotomy to minimally invasive surgery. To chart new trends and directions in the development of gastric surgery, the author briefly reviews the latest advances, mainly focusing on new evidence, new techniques, new models, and new trends in the clinical research of gastric cancer surgery. The long-term non-inferiority outcomes of 5-year overall survival of minimally invasive surgery for locally advanced distal gastric cancer has been confirmed by the CLASS-01 and KLASS-02 trials. Upgrading and innovation of minimally invasive technology, function-preserving surgery, new modes of neoadjuvant therapy, and the application of new technologies are continuing to inject new vitality into minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer.