On September 1, 2022, Shaanxi Normal University Prof. Fang Yu, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and executive council member of Chinese Chemical Society, was invited to present a keynote report as the 20^th speaker at the “Chemistry Talks” forum series in celebration of the CCS’s 90th anniversary.

Speaking on “Chemistry as I Understand It”, Fang Yu shared his thinking on the development and the future research direction of the discipline of Chemistry from 10:00 to 11:30 in the online report, which was hosted by CAS Shanghai Institute Of Organic Chemistry researcher and CCS deputy secretary general You Shuli.

Fang Yu said that Chemistry cannot replace everything, but without Chemistry there is certainly nothing; Chemistry is the future, and without Chemistry there is no future. Chemistry can provide people with a unique perspective and means to understand the objective world and transform the objective world, and as a basic discipline, Chemistry is one of the most important forces supporting the development of materials, energy, environment, life, medicine, agriculture, food, aerospace, military, and even the entire material science. In addition, Chemistry brings people a habit of thinking, a habit of doing things, that is, every detail can be thought of, and every detail can be done well.