The SCIX program committee has extended the deadline for abstract submission to the SCIX conference to May 15, 2012 for those papers wishing to be considered for an oral presentation. Abstracts for poster presentations can be submitted until July 31, 2012.  All abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.scixconference.org.

Dr. Steven J. Ray

The 28^th CCS Congress was held on April 13-16, 2012, at Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. During the congress, a celebration for the 80th anniversary of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS, 1932-2012) was organized. This is the most important professional congress in China, focused on basic research and applications of Chemistry. The congress included 19 individual sessions and 9 specific forums. More than 4000 people, including scientists, researchers, lab technicians, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from different universities, institutes, and different countries attended the congress. There were 1336 presentations, including 6 plenary lectures, 557 invited lectures, 773 oral presentations, and 2625 poster presentations.

The Analytical Chemistry Session was organized by Prof. Xiandeng Hou and Prof. Yi Lv from College of Chemistry, Sichuan University. The chairman of the session was Prof. Hongyuan Chen (Academician of CAS, Najing University), and the vice chairman was Prof. Xiurong Yang in Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS. It was mainly devoted to recent developments in atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, electroanalysis, chromatography, nanoscience-based analysis, and new analytical instruments. More than 300 people attended the session. It consisted of 130 presentations, including 38 invited lectures and 92 oral presentations, as well as 186 posters. This congress has provided an opportunity for the academic exchange, and will further promote the development of chemistry in China.