Currently, global economic development is facing challenges such as regional competition, climate change, energy revolution, human health, and poverty alleviation. With the vigorous rise of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, the chemical industry is also entering a "transformation" period, facing challenges such as traditional industry restructuring, green and low-carbon development, innovation paradigm shift, and stimulation of new growth points. As one of the most critical chains of technological innovation, the chemical industry urgently needs to explore new development opportunities, cultivate a new generation of innovation-minded talents, stimulate the "new quality productive forces" and new growth points of chemical innovation, and shape a bright new future for the chemical industry, in response to the urgent need for global sustainable solutions.

In July 2025, as a long-standing and academically leading “Olympic-level Event” for the global chemical industry, the quadrennial World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2025 (WCCE 12) will be held in China for the first time. Concurrently, the 21st Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2025) and the 2025 CIESC Annual Conference will also take place.

With the theme of “Paradigm Shifting in Chemical Engineering for Global Challenges”, WCCE12 & APCChE2025 will keep abreast of the new fields of science and technology in the world to address the disruptive challenges facing the development of the chemical industry. The event will revolve around four challenging topics: Education and Training; Fundamental Industry Reinfrastruture; Strategic and Emerging Industries; and Future Chemical Engineering and Smart Innovation. Consisting of more than 600 thought-provoking cutting-edge presentations and exciting exchanges and seminars with over 30 innovative themes, the event will bring together the world's top scientists to share cutting-edge technologies and groundbreaking research findings, deeply exploring how the traditional chemical industry adapt to new demands for transformation and upgrading, how to cultivate emerging and future industries, how to promote the development of new quality productive forces with innovative development paradigms, and how to foster a new generation of chemical engineers who can adapt to industrial changes. More than 5,000 delegates from the world, including top scientists from the academic, technological, and industrial fields in the global chemical sector, including Nobel laureates, leaders of multinational corporations and international organizations, heads of states and relevant authorities,  well-known figures from IUR (Industry-University-Research) areas at home and abroad will attend the event. They will share cutting-edge technologies and groundbreaking achievements, and jointly promote the prosperity and development of global chemical technologies.

The event is not only an important stage for global academic exchange and IUR, but also a window to showcase innovative achievements and investment opportunities. The International Chemical Innovation Expo 2025 (IChIE 2025) to be held simultaneously will feature “one exhibition, three meetings, and six activities”. With themed exhibitions in various forms, focusing on high-end electronic chemicals, functional new materials, new energy, artificial intelligence, green and low-carbon development, and other fields, IChIE 2025 will effectively promote technological innovation and the development of new quality productive forces, and provide new investment opportunities for corporate community and business professionals.

In July 2025, Beijing will serve as a vibrant stage and hub for academic excellence, scientific and technological innovation, industrial integration and investment development in the global chemical industry. Let us anticipate wholeheartedly and actively engage in shaping a bright future for the chemical industry and promoting the building of a sustainable, more open and more integrated world!

We sincerely invite you to WCCE 12 & APCChE 2025, scheduled to take place in Beijing, China in July 2025. Standing at the center of the global chemical engineering stage, we will jointly witness a historical moment in its development!