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 110,000 individual members and 180 organizational members. There are 7 Divisions covering the major areas of chemistry: physical, inorganic, organic, polymer, analytical, applied and chemical education, as well as 31 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.

Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) was founded in 1956. ICCAS is a multi-disciplinary research institute dedicated to the basic research in broad fields of chemical sciences, and to the key developments of the innovative high technologies aiming to the imperative national needs and important strategic targets, as well as to the collaborative high-technology applications and transfers. ICCAS is one of China’s leading chemistry research institutions with high international reputation.

The major research areas of ICCAS include polymer science, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. The institute focuses on the following fields: the frontiers of molecular and nano sciences, organic and polymeric materials, chemical biology, as well as energy and green chemistry.

Over the years, ICCAS has put great effort on the international cooperation and exchange. ICCAS also takes an active part in international exchange as a representative Chinese research institute. It continues to recruit and train internationalized young talents. Different international and regional collaborative programs have also been implemented. These programs will become excellent platforms to show true essence of ICCAS as an eminent research institute to the world.

In 2017, the IUPAC International Committee on Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development (ICGCSD) was established to assist in advancing the objectives set out in the Strategic Plan adopted in 2015 and to initiate, promote, and coordinate the work of the Union in the area of green and sustainable chemistry.