Acta Chimica Sinica, published semimonthly in Chinese by the Chinese Chemical Society since 1933 and originally named Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society before 1952, reports new research results in all fields of chemistry, including physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry and analytic chemistry, etc., in the forms of accounts, articles, notes and communications. Accounts are summary of significant recent work and new developments from research groups of principal authors.