Responding to challenges Chemicals have no substitute

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The editors of Sinochem New Network News have become an important support for the sustainable development of society. In the future, when it comes to responding to the three major challenges of population growth, lack of energy resources, and environmental pollution, chemistry will continue to play an important role. In order to demonstrate the important contribution of chemistry to knowledge advancement, environmental protection, and economic development, and to raise public awareness of chemistry, the 63rd United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to establish 2011 as the UN International Year of Chemistry. China is one of the sponsors of the International Year of Chemistry. On April 9, the “International Year of Chemistry in China” series of activities was officially launched at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The Central Government and State Councilor Liu Yandong attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Leaders from the scientific and technological circles and industry made keynote speeches.

** Central Government, State Councilor Liu Yandong: Giving full play to the leading role of chemistry Many major advances in human society are inextricably linked to the revolutionary breakthroughs in the chemical field. The discovery of the antibacterial drug sulfonamide ended human dependence on natural medicines alone. History has created a new era of modern synthetic drugs; the invention of synthetic ammonia technology broke through the constraints of mankind relying entirely on natural fertilizers and laid an important foundation for the development of modern agriculture; the synthesis of propylene, industrialization, and the birth of modern petroleum The development of chemical industry and the rise of green chemistry have changed the environment of traditional chemical pollution and high energy consumption, and provided a new way for the development of circular economy, energy conservation and emission reduction. Today, chemistry has penetrated into various fields such as economy and science, and has played an important and irreplaceable role in the development and future of human society.

The Chinese government has always attached importance to the development of the chemical sciences and related industries. In the eight medium and long-term development plans that have been promulgated and implemented by the state, the research in chemistry disciplines and related fields has always been placed in an important position. At various times, the state has given strong support to the establishment of the discipline of chemistry and personnel training, and has provided a solid guarantee for the development of chemistry disciplines and related industries.

At present, emerging industries with green, smart and sustainable development are developing rapidly. Many countries have increased their innovation to the strategic level as a strategic choice for achieving sustainable development in the post-crisis era. However, at present, the research results of high quality and originality in the field of chemistry in China are still relatively few. There are relatively few international top scientists, and the independent innovation capability of the chemical industry needs to be improved. We must base ourselves on the construction of an innovative country, adhere to the laws of science, stimulate original innovation, promote cross-integration, attach importance to popularization and application, strive to move forward from a chemical to a chemical power, and give full play to the role of chemistry in guiding the development of disciplines.

The first is to promote the intersection of disciplines as a breakthrough, focus on enhancing the original innovation ability, and drive the overall progress of China's material science research. We must aim at the scientific frontier of the world, base ourselves on the country’s strategic needs, look ahead to layout, promote the cross-fusion of chemistry, biochemistry, computer science, and engineering, attach importance to the convergence and promotion of applied research and basic research, and vigorously promote the comprehensive development of the discipline of chemistry. , strive to obtain world-class original scientific research results.

The second is to master key technologies as the main direction. We must focus on key technologies, core technologies, and common technologies that restrict industry and enhance the ability of product independent innovation, organize joint research efforts, and strive to obtain a large number of original innovations and technologies with independent intellectual property rights; we must actively use new methods of chemical research to transform and upgrade. Traditional industries effectively solve the current problems of over-reliance on resource input, overcapacity, and environmental pollution, realize green and low-carbon production, and play a unique role in the creation of new substances in chemistry, leading new energy sources, new materials, electronic information, and biomedicine. The development of strategic emerging industries; the development of chemical-based synthetic drugs and agrochemicals will also provide technical support for safeguarding people's health and improving the quality of life.

The third is to take the cultivation of innovative talents as a key measure, focus on strengthening the construction of talents, and provide strong talent support for the development of the chemical industry. We will improve the personnel training mechanism, respect the growth law of scientific and technological talents, work hard to build a contingent of high-quality chemical talents, and focus on cultivating middle-aged and young chemical leaders with multi-disciplinary background and development potential.

Fourth, we must regard our response to global challenges as our unshirkable responsibility. Science has no borders and currently faces global challenges such as climate change, food safety and environmental pollution. It also needs to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation. We must actively participate in cooperation in chemical and related fields of scientific and technological cooperation projects and projects, explore cooperation platforms with high-level institutions abroad, share the latest scientific research results, and learn from advanced technologies and experiences. Improve China's chemical research. We must also give full play to the role of science and technology societies in foreign cooperation and exchanges.

The heaven and earth are all things, and they are immersed in nature; the development of chemistry is limitless, and the ability of human cognition and creativity is limitless. Chemistry has made outstanding contributions to the development of human society, and future chemists should also take more responsibility.

Looking back over the past 100 years, chemistry has made outstanding contributions to the outstanding contributions of chemistry over the past century to human material civilization and social development:

- For centuries, the discipline of chemistry has grown and developed. Chemistry has continuously improved its own theoretical system and established the theoretical basis for chemistry from the establishment of a series of theories such as molecular orbital theory, chemical bond theory, frontier orbital theory and density functional theory. Chemistry has spawned many important discoveries and creations, and many natural discoveries have been made. The active substances, revealing the complex and complex structure of matter, and further seeking for structural diversity and molecular diversity, synthesize and prepare tens of millions of chemical substances, and make enormous contributions to the understanding of the human world and progress of civilization. Contributions.

- For centuries, chemistry as a central discipline has promoted the development of other sciences such as material science and life science. Chemistry has many similarities with physics in recognizing heat or temperature, doing work, energy, etc., and physics related theory has promoted the development of chemistry; life science is inseparable from the chemical support at the molecular level, and the early stage of disease. Diagnosis and treatment, detection of DNA, development of drug molecules, reproduction and development, nutrition and health are all closely linked with chemistry. Especially after the middle of the 20th century, the integration of chemistry and life sciences, materials, energy, environment, information and other disciplines not only promoted the development of the discipline itself, but also gave birth to many emerging cross cutting-edge disciplines such as biochemistry, molecular biology, Molecular nanostructures, nanomaterials, and related nanotechnology.

- For more than 100 years, chemistry has supported the sustainable development of human society. In the past 100 years, chemistry has played an indispensable role in solving food problems, overcoming diseases, solving energy problems, improving environmental issues, and developing new materials and technologies for national defense and security. The exploitation of oil, the application of nuclear technology, the development of batteries, and the manufacture of aerospace materials are examples. Now, chemistry has provided material basis and technical support for the development of new energy, new materials, and even information, medicine, resources, and the environment.

Through the efforts of several generations of chemists, China's chemical basic research and chemical-based chemical industry have made considerable progress. China has become a big country in chemical research. Chemistry has become a dominant discipline in many disciplines in China. Various data show that China's chemical scientific research has been at the forefront of the world. Many application achievements are also well-known both at home and abroad. The research and development of antibiotics in the 1950s ended the history that China could not produce penicillin and streptomycin antibiotics. In the 1960s, it was successfully developed for the purification of synthetic ammonia gas. The three catalysts of the new process, low-temperature exchange of water gas and methanation have been hailed as a ** for China's synthetic ammonia industry; the polypropylene fine denier filament successfully developed in the 1980s made China's polypropylene manufacturing technology among the world's advanced levels; The newly introduced nonlinear optical crystals, BBO and LBO, have been internationally known as "China brand" crystals.

In the face of the future, chemists must shoulder the responsibility. We must clearly realize that although China is a big chemical country, it is not yet a chemical power. Facing the future, Chinese chemists must face a series of new challenges.

- Chemists must challenge their original innovation capabilities. In the face of rapidly developing chemistry disciplines and emerging emerging disciplines, we should explore broader and more fundamental laws from theories and methods, from single molecules, molecules, supramolecules, nanometers, etc., in order to cultivate and cultivate outstanding ones. The chemists strive to engrave more Chinese names in the history of chemical development in the coming century.

- Chemists have to challenge their own creativity. In the face of limited resources and energy issues, environmental issues, health issues and other issues of sustainable social development, chemists should propose green, efficient, and intelligent solutions, develop transformative technologies, carry out a green revolution, and make China's chemical and Chemicals have revolutionized and transformed chemical and chemical industries.

- Chemists must be courageous to take social responsibility. We must guide the public to pay attention to chemistry, understand chemistry, use science and standards to correctly guide society in creating more green and safer chemicals, and create a better life and a better future for us.

Li Yongwu, President of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation: Chemical Industry Makes an Important Contribution to Economic Development Chemicals make an important contribution to the development of the national economy. Since the founding of New China, China's chemical industry has developed rapidly and has become an important basic raw material industry and a pillar industry for the national economy. It has made outstanding contributions to national economic development and social development. After more than 60 years of development, China’s petroleum and chemical industries have formed about 50 important sub-sectors including oil and gas production, oil refining, basic chemical raw materials, fertilizers, pesticides, specialty chemicals, and rubber products, and can produce over 60,000 products. It involves a complete industrial system in all areas of the national economy. In 2010, the industry achieved a total output value of 8.88 trillion yuan, ranking second in the world. Among them, the output value of the chemical industry reached 5.23 trillion yuan, surpassing the United States, ranking first in the world. The output of nitrogenous fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers, soda ash, caustic soda, **, calcium carbide, pesticides, dyestuffs, tires, methanol, and synthetic fibers ranks first in the world. Crude oil processing volume and output of ethylene, synthetic resin, and synthetic rubber rank second in the world. Crude oil production exceeded 200 million tons, natural gas production was close to 100 billion cubic meters, of which offshore crude oil output reached 50 million tons. China has become a major producer and consumer of petroleum and chemical products in the world.

A number of chemical technologies are at the forefront of the world. In recent years, China's petroleum and chemical industries have made tremendous progress in technological innovation, and have achieved breakthrough results in some key areas. China has independently developed a series of new coal chemical technologies such as coal direct liquefaction oil production and aerospace pulverized coal gasification, and has built several sets of demonstration projects and major installations. It has taken the lead in the development of the world's new coal chemical industry. Through the research of perfluorinated membrane technology, it broke through a series of key technologies for the preparation of membrane materials and took off the Crown Pearl of the chemical industry. In addition, China has made major breakthroughs in technologies such as carbon fiber, aramid fiber, and methionine, and has achieved localization, becoming one of the few countries to master these technologies. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, a batch of advanced technologies such as "200,000 tons of large-scale MDI production technology per year" and "development of large-scale engineering radial tire production technology and equipment" won the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Mr. Yan Enze, who has made outstanding contributions in the field of catalytic technology, won the 2007 National Highest Science and Technology Award.

To solve future problems, chemical and chemical industry are still an important means. In the 21st century, mankind is facing many unprecedented challenges. Deterioration of the environment, warming of the climate, human health and safety, shortage of energy resources restrict the development of human society, and the chemical and chemical industry is still an effective means to solve these problems. The launch of the International Year of Chemistry is an expression of high hopes for the international community to solve these problems with chemistry. The world today is undergoing major development, major adjustments, and major changes. The adjustment of the world economic structure has been accelerated, and scientific and technological innovation has given birth to new breakthroughs. The chemical and chemical industries will inevitably play an irreplaceable role in establishing a resource-saving, environment-friendly and intrinsically safe society.

China Association for Science and Technology Party Group** Deng Nan: Continuously advancing chemistry and chemical innovation Chemistry has penetrated into clothing, food, housing, transportation and other aspects, opening up unlimited space for improving production efficiency and improving the quality of life. Chemistry has become an indispensable science and technology for human society.

This year marks the beginning of the 12th Five-Year Plan period in China. Accelerating the transformation of economic development methods, resolving issues such as population and energy that people are generally concerned about, and satisfying people’s new expectations for a better life, needs continuous advancement in chemical and chemical scientific innovation. . This will be a powerful backing for economic development, social progress and improvement of people's livelihood. The series of activities of the “International Year of Chemistry in China” is to show people the tremendous changes that chemistry has brought to people in the fields of food, medical care, health, clothing, energy, transportation, and responding to climate change, and to promote among chemical workers. The exchanges will guide the public to understand chemical knowledge correctly, increase their enthusiasm for chemistry, chemistry, and chemistry, and cultivate a good atmosphere of independent innovation in the whole society.

International Chemical Manufacturers Association** Yu Dahai: Green Commitment Throughout the Product Life Cycle Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, mankind still faces various challenges, while the chemical industry has put forward innovative solutions for many problems, while innovating modern lifestyles. It also guarantees the safety of human life. At the same time, the chemical industry has pledged safety, responsibility and sustainable development management methods throughout the entire product life cycle, and has continuously improved its environmental, health and safety standards through responsible care worldwide.

The International Association of Chemical Manufacturers (AICM) since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Responsible Care with the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation in 2002, has disseminated chemical industries to various stakeholders to promote the development of the national economy and improve the quality of human life. The positive contribution made by creating a sustainable society. AICM is willing to work together with representatives from all walks of life in the chemical industry to establish a higher ethical standard and build a sustainable chemical industry.