The final contest of 2015 Chinese Young Surgeon Contest—surgery for gastric cancer was successfully held in Beijing International Conference Center on 27^th June, 2015. After the exciting contest among the 12 finalists, the first prize, Theodor Billroth Prize, was taken by Xian Shen from the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University in Open Group, and Jian Zhang from Hangzhou First People’s Hospital in Endoscope Group.