Abstract: The 13th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association was held from 4th to 7th September 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of well known specialists and scholars from 96 countries around the world were invited for the great event. The congress aimed to explore the latest achievements of diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases from both the clinical and basic perspective. In this article, authors reviewed and analyzed the up-to-date research information and combined clinical researches of the author team, in order to share the experience and achievements in the field of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery with colleagues and provide new information and inference for optimization of diagnosis and treatment in this field.