Abstract
Hepatic fibrosis is a reparative response of diffuse over deposition and abnormal distribution of extracellular matrix (collagen, glycoprotein and proteoglycans) after exposure to various kinds of liver injuries, and is a key step in the developmental process of various chronic liver diseases to cirrhosis. Recently, many advances in our understanding of hepatic fibrosis have been recognized through the basic and clinical research. Therefore, we have organized the relevant domestic experts of this field to form consensus on the diagnosis and evaluation, treatment, and clinical development and application of therapy in order to better guide the diagnosis and treatment, and drug research and development.