the ccs was founded during a meeting of preeminent chemists in nanjing on august 4, 1932. it currently has more than 110,000 individual members and 180 organizational members. there are 7 divisions covering the major areas of chemistry: physical, inorganic, organic, polymer, analytical, applied and chemical education, as well as 31 commissions, including catalysis, computational chemistry, photochemistry, electrochemistry, organic solid chemistry, environmental chemistry, and many other sub-fields of the chemical sciences. the ccs also has 10 committees, including the woman’s chemists committee and young chemists committee. more on the ccs governance can be found here.