From May 17 to 19, 2024, the 161st Frontier Forum of Science and Technology of the Faculty of Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences - Intelligent Chemistry Forum was held in Xinyong Student Activities Center of Shaanxi Normal University. Prof. Fang Yu served as the co-convener of the forum and attended the forum together with the teachers and students of the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials.

The forum was organized by the Chemistry Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Academic and Publication Working Committee of CAS Faculty of Sciences, and co-organized by Science China Press and Shaanxi Normal University. CAS academicians Wan Lijun and Fang Yu served as co-conveners of the forum. Sun Ke, vice chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Zhou Zhengchao, vice president of Shaanxi Normal University attended the opening ceremony.

Centering on the three topics of “New Methods and Technologies of Intelligent Chemistry”, “Intelligent Molecular Materials” and “Intelligent Chemical Systems and Their Applications”, 18 experts and scholars including CAS academicians Zhao Yuliang and Yang Jinlong were invited to make presentations, demonstrating the innovative achievements of intelligent methods and technologies in the basic research of chemical frontiers and the design of chemical materials. More than 60 experts from more than 40 universities and research institutes attended the forum, while more than 200 teachers and students from Shaanxi Normal University and other universities listened to the reports.

At the closing ceremony, Fang Yu said that chemistry has entered the age of intelligence, the paradigm of scientific research has changed, and the younger generation should pay attention to the new development of the discipline and promote the integration of intelligent technology and chemical research.