中国化学会1978年年会于9月11日到21日在上海举行。这次年会原订于1966年召开,因林彪、“四人帮”的干扰破坏推迟了12年,与会代表都对学会活动得到恢复而感到无比兴奋。这次年会一共有280位代表和一些列席代表,收到研究论文540篇,宣读了159篇。这次出席大小会议及听学术报告的达12000人次,是粉碎“四人帮”以后学术界一次盛会,也是化学界历史上规模最大的一次年会。会议期间除大型综述性报告和论文报告外,还开展了各种学术交流活动,讨论了化学工作者共同关心的问题,研 The 1978 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Chemical Society was held in Shanghai from September 11 to 21. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in 1966 and was delayed for 12 years due to the interference and destruction by Lin Biao and the “Gang of Four,” all of whom were extremely excited about the resumption of their learning activities. A total of 280 representatives and some representatives attended the conference, received 540 research papers and 159 articles were read. The 12,000 attendees attending the conference and listening to the academic report this time held a grand gathering of academics after the smashing of the “gang of four” and were also the largest annual meeting in the history of chemistry. During the conference, in addition to large-scale review reports and thesis reports, various academic exchange activities were also carried out to discuss issues of common concern to chemical workers.