Professional Committee of Colorectal Surgeons, Chinese College of Surgeons of Chinese Medical Doctor Association Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery Committee of Chinese Research Hospital Association Editorial board members of “Expert consensus on robotic surgery for colorectal cancer (2015 edition)” Group leaders: Jianmin Xu, Xinyu Qin, Peiwu Yu Assistants: Guodong He (angelhgd@163.com), Qingyang Feng (fqy198921@163.com) Members (in alphabetic order by pinyin of last name): The Chinese version of “Expert consensus on robotic surgery for colorectal cancer (2015 edition)” has been published on the Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery (2015, Volume 14, Issue 11) and the Chinese Journal of Practical Surgery (2015, Volume 35, Issue 12). The English version of this consensus is published on the Chinese Journal of Cancer with permission from the above two Chinese journals. The robot-assisted colorectal surgery in China is still at the initial stage. The “Expert consensus on robotic surgery for colorectal cancer” was written to provide a guideline for surgeons to perform this surgery.