Bai Chunli, Executive Vice-president of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS) was elected president of the Federation of Asian
Chemical Societies for the next two years' session on September 12.
Graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Peking University in 1978 and
received his MS and Ph.D. degrees from CAS Institute of Chemistry in 1981 and
1985, respectively, Bai is now Vice-president of the China Association for Science
and Technology.
He is foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, honorary fellow
of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and honorary doctor or honorary professor
in several universities abroad. Prof. Bai now serves as the chief scientist
for the National Steering Committee for Nanoscience and Technology and Director
of China National Center for Nano science and technology.
The Federation of Asian Chemical Societies was suggested by the Division of
Scientific Education & Research of UNESCO in February, 1978, and was achieved
in August 1978 by the chemical societies of Australia, Hong Kong, India, Korea,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, and Iraq.
The eleven societies were defined as the foundation members.
The objective of FACS is stated in its Statutes as "to promote the advancement
of chemistry and the interest of professional chemists in the Asia-Pacific region
in a way which does not detract from the autonomy of any of the member societies".
Posted September 21, 2009
