2013 Hong Kong Symposium on Obesity and Diabetes” was held on 20th April 2013 in Hong Kong. The event wass jointly organized by Research Centre of Heart Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong and Wenzhou Medical College. This annual symposium was initiated in 2005, and is now becoming an important forum for scientists from the Asia Pacific region to consolidate friendship and to forge new ties, and to present the latest advances in this growingly important research field. Bio-Gene Technology Ltd. has been invited to join the event and present the most up to date research platform for the field