Since 2017, foundational data has been solidified through nationwide surveys on ECMO resource allocation, providing critical support for policy formulation. Standardized training systems have been established alongside clinical consensus guidelines, facilitating the transformation of individual expertise into industry standards. A cross-institutional collaboration network has been built to drive synergistic innovation in device miniaturization, data-driven decision-making, and systematic care delivery. The development of extracorporeal life support emphasizes both multidisciplinary collaboration and medical ethics. Our overarching goal is to evolve from simply prolonging survival through isolated technologies to a paradigm of holistic health management that improves quality of life. This will be achieved by fostering conceptual innovation and driving R&D to build optimized regional healthcare networks and elevate patient management standards, all guided by our core strategy of "Founding Mission as the Helm, Innovation as the Sail." By reviewing a series of extracorporeal life support core work in China, including national surveys and standardized training, this article aims to clarify that the original aspiration of medicine carries the dual responsibilities of clinical and technical dissemination, thereby charting an innovation-driven course for future development.