During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemics, medical examiners played a professional role and provided an important reference for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 through autopsy, thus named as medical "scouts". However, there are also some problems and challenges in the discipline and system of forensic medicine in China. In the post-pandemic era, it is necessary to reconstruct the disciplinary of forensic medicine system, establish an intensive management system of modern forensic medicine center, promote the discipline of forensic medicine to better serve human health and national legal system construction, and promote the implementation of "Healthy China 2030" and "one health" social governance.