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.