What fundamental quality should colorectal surgeons be ? YU Bao-ming. Department of Colorectal Surgery , Shanghai No.8 People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200235 ,China Abstract Though colorectal surgery is just a branch of general surgery but in our country colorectal surgeon has now becoming a specialist in general surgeon just like thoracic surgeon , cardio-vascular surgeon , urologist , pedologic surgeon , orthopedist , neurologic surgeon , etc. due to its special field of knowledge and technique in surgery . So as a specialist colorectal surgeon one must be trained in several related aspects more than general surgeon and should be a higher fundamental quality surgeon .