Abstract: Huang Zhiqiang, the academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, is the father of biliary tract surgery  beloved  by the vast number of medical workers in China. He not only has made outstanding contributions to hepatobiliary surgery in China and possess noble medical esthic, but also the Publicity Department of the Central Committee awarded the honorable title of “model in the era” to him. In this article, through the study of the important works of academician Huang Zhiqiang, there was an in-depth understanding of the concept of the core essence and the fundamental goal in the new era of surgery the academician Huang Zhiqiang advocated should be “people-oriented, medicine with reduced damage”. And in this era of rapid development of bioinformatics, the cultivation of surgeons should pay more attention to help doctors to establish the idea that the interests of patients is the best interests and to in-depth first-line clinical work, make unremitting efforts to carry out clinical  research,master the basic and modern knowledges, cultivate team work spirit, lay the foundation in everything. The immortal Zhiqiang spirit will always guide us forward .