The 12th World Congress of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell-2018 (RMSC-2018) was held in Xi'an, China during December 7-9, 2018, with the theme of “Shaping a New Hope for the Cure”. It covered all frontier topics in stem cell, novel technologies and tools, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, stem cell for drug discovery and therapeutic applications, etc. The conference aims to bring together leading scientists, researchers, engineers, practitioners, technology developers and policy makers from multidisciplinary research and application areas to exchange information on their latest research progress and innovation, to discuss the benefits of regenerative medicine and stem cell in their research and development efforts to advance the networking, and collaborating between different academia, research and market leaders in the field. Participants from the international academic, government and private industry labs of different disciplines participate in RMSC-2018 to identify new technology trends, development tools, R&D collaborations, and commercialization partners. It provides an unprecedented opportunity and effective platform for institutions and industries to share ideas and discover innovation in the area of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell and develop new business opportunities.