​  On December 13, the 22nd National Catalysis Academic Conference was held at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center. Hosted by Xiamen University, the conference marked the third time that Xiamen has served as the host city, making it the first city in China to host the conference three times. This event also represented the return of the conference to Xiamen after nearly 3...

Atomic Coordination Editing Achieves Ultraproductive Single-Atom Catalysts with Ultralow LoadingsA collaborative team led by Academician Zhang Tao, Researcher Wang Xiaodong, and Researcher Lin Jian from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, together with Academician Fu Xianzhi and Professor Lin Sen from Fuzhou University, has made significant progress in regulating the microenvironment arou...

“Single-Atom Catalysis” Selected as One of IUPAC’s Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry 2025    On October 27, 2025, during the opening ceremony of the World Conference on Science and Development 2025, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced the Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry 2025. Notably, Single-Atom Catalysis (SAC)—a research focus long p...

​On the morning of October 20, Academician Chunli Bai, former President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was invited to deliver the 51st Dayu Zhang Lecture titled “Artificial Intelligence Promoting Paradigm Shifts in Chemical Research” at the Institute’s Conference Center. More than 200 participants, including Academician Tao Zhang, Party Secretary Yuqi Jin, Deputy Director Yanqiang Huan...

From August 19th to 20th, a strategic symposium on "Catalytic Science for Promoting Major Industrial Transformations", funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (hereinafter referred to as "NSFC") and hosted by our institute, was held at the Changxing Island Campus. Academicians Zhang Tao and Bao Xinhe served as the chairpersons of the conference.The research and consultation ...

Recently, researchers led by Prof. Tao Zhang and Changzhi Li from the Catalysis and New Materials Research Center (Group 1500), in collaboration with Prof. Yingwei Li at South China University of Technology, developed a robust atomically dispersed Cu/Ni-SA@HNC catalyst for lignin valorization. By employing a unique "preferential cleavage of Cα-Cβ bonds in β-O-4 linkages" pathway, they achiev...