On December 11, 2023, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) promulgated the Standards of Care in Diabetes (2024). For a long time, the ADA promulgated the Standards of Care in Diabetes had been regarded as the international guide in the field of diabetes, which has a great reference value for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in various countries. The new standard continues to emphasize the transformation of the diagnosis and treatment model from the glucose reduction to the patients, highlighting the importance of reasonable control of glucose, weight management, and improvement of cardiac and renal prognosis as the comprehensive management of diabetes patients, meanwhile continues to affirm the advantages of new hypoglycemic drugs such as glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonist and metabolic surgery in the comprehensive management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.