From December 1 to 4, the 16th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia was held in Singapore. Co-hosted by the National University of Singaporeand Nanyang Technological University, the Conference was attended by nearly 200 internationally renowned experts and scholars from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. In the Conference, Professor Li Junlong from the School of Pharmacy at Chengdu University (CDU) and Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics did a presentation on the topic of "Remote Site-selective Arene C-H Functionalization Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis", and won the Asian Core Program Lectureship Award. The recipients of the Award will receive funding in the coming year for an academic lecture tour to three or more universities or relevant research institutes in the host country.

About the International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia:

The International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia is part of the Asian Core Program (ACP for short). The ACP was initiated by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, with the participation of key academic institutions in Japan, China (including Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan region), South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand. It is committed to promoting the rapid development of organic chemistry in Asia and strengthening exchanges and cooperation among scientists worldwide. Foreign academic institutions attending this year's ACP conference included the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Seoul National University, Hanyang University, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and more. Academic institutions in China (including Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan region) included Peking University, Tsinghua University, the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nankai University, Fudan University, Wuhan University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Sichuan University, the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and National Taiwan University.