Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)

Introduction to the Chinese Chemical Society

The Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) is an academic organization formed by Chinese Chemists of their own accord with the purpose of uniting Chinese Chemists at home and abroad to promote the development of chemistry in China.

The CCS was founded during a meeting of preeminent chemists in Nanjing on August 4,1932. It currently has more than 65,000 individual members and 151 organizational members. There are 7 Divisions covering the major areas of chemistry: physical, inorganic, organic, polymer, analytical, applied and chemical education, as well as 29 Commissions, including catalysis, computational chemistry, photochemistry, electrochemistry, organic solid chemistry, environmental chemistry, and many other sub-fields of the chemical sciences. The CCS also has 10 committees, including the Woman’s Chemists Committee and Young Chemists Committee. More on the CCS governance can be found here.

Activities of the Society

Conferences. The CCS holds 40-50 domestic symposia and meetings in Chinese and 5-10 international conferences in English annually that cover a broad range of topics pertaining to the chemical sciences. The CCS Congress, which is held every two years, welcomes over 13,000 participants, and it is by far the largest and best-attended academic event in chemistry in China.

Publications. The CCS has always considered the publishing of journals an important task of the Society. The CCS currently collaborates with institutions and organizations in China to co-publish 26 journals, in Chinese and English, 15 of which are collected by the Science Citation Index (SCI). The CCS is now taking on the development of its own Publications Program, and launched its flagship journal, CCS Chemistry, in 2019.

References

About Chinese Chemical Society - www.chinesechemsoc.org