The Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) was established in 1948 as the Northeast Industrial Institute and took its current name in 1978. 

Over the past 70 years, the institute has made significant contributions to scientific discovery and economic development.

CIAC is a multidisciplinary chemistry institute, comprising 10 laboratories and units that conduct basic and applied research and high-tech innovation in polymer sciences, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry and physical chemistry. Currently, CIAC’s research focuses on resources and the environment; advanced materials; and new and renewable resources of energy. The strategic goal of CIAC is to become a first-class comprehensive chemical institute and an innovation center in the fields of polymer and rare earth materials while achieving worldwide recognition.

At the end of 2021, CIAC had 895employees, including 490 scientists, of whom 140 are full professors. CIAC is proud to include seven members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and four members of The World Academy Sciences on its staff. Twenty-three of its scientists are supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.

CIAC was one of the first Chinese institutions authorized to confer master’s and doctoral degrees. It offers graduate programs in inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry, and physics and applied chemistry. The institute currently has 543 Ph.D. students and 513 master’s students. CIAC also has postdoctoral programs in polymer chemistry and physics, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and organic chemistry.

On behalf of the Chinese Chemical Society, CIAC publishes the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, the Journal of Applied Chemistry and Chemistry Communication. The former two are listed among China’s core scientific periodicals. 

Beautiful CIAC

Changchun City is situated at the heart of Songliao Plains in northeast China, and it's counties and districts located at 124'18" - 127'02" east longitude, 43'05" - 45'15" north latitude. 

The total area of Changchun is 20,571 square kilometers, including municipal areas of 2,583 square kilometers, and the municipal constructed area is 159 square kilometers. The city is 250 - 350 meters above the sea level. The city stands at the center of the three northeast provinces, and at the crisscross point of the third east-westward "Europe-Asia Continental Bridge". 

Jingyuetan National Forest Park is located in the southeast of Changchun City, Jilin Province, 18 kilometers away from the People's Square in the center of Changchun, covering an area of more than 100 square kilometers, a water area of 5 square kilometers, and a forest coverage rate of 96%. Its unique geographical advantages make it a "pure land in the noisy city". Jingyue Lake is named for its crescent shape of damming and water storage. It is famous for its picturesque scenery. It is a sister lake to the Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan. It has the reputation of "the largest artificial forest in Asia", "the pearl of the green sea", and "the oxygen bar in the city". It is the ecological green core and city card of Changchun. 

Changchun World Sculpture Park is located in the core area of Changchun City, covering an area of 92 hectares, including 11.8 hectares of water area. It is a national AAAAA tourist attraction, the first batch of "National Key Parks", and the only "Sculpture Park Achievement Award" in the "New China Urban Sculpture Construction Achievement Award". It was opened to the public in September 2003. 

Changchun Southlake Park is located at No. 2715 Gongnong Road, Chaoyang District, Changchun City. It was founded in 1935 and officially named as "Southlake Park" since 1945. It covers an area of 238.6 hectares, including 92 hectares of water and 134.6 hectares of green land. It is a large-scale urban garden. 

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large number of precious species such as red spruce were transplanted into the park from Changbai Mountain. So far, there are 137 species of greening trees, including 13 evergreen coniferous trees, 2 deciduous coniferous trees, 63 deciduous broad-leaved trees, 5 vines and 52 deciduous shrubs, with a total of 583240 plants. Among them, birch forest, red-leaved forest and lotus pond are the most distinctive plant ornamental landscapes in Changchun. As the "lung" and forest oxygen bar of the city, South Lake Park has made an important contribution to regulating the urban ecological environment.

Sceneries of Changchun City

Located in the counties of Antu, Wusong and Changbai in southern Jilin Province, Changbai Mountain is one of China's nature preservation zones, covering an area of over 200,000 hectares, extending 78.5 kilometers north to south, and 53.3 kilometers west to east. It has a wholesome natural environment  and  ecosystem  with  world  famous precious animals like Northeast Tigers, sikas, sables etc. It's China's typical comprehensive nature existence of world importance.

The Crater Lake:- It nestles on Baitou Mountain (The White-Head Mountain), the main peak of the Changbai Mountain and is also a border lake between China and Korea. Surrounded by 16 exotic peaks, the lake is the crater of a volcano, filled with blue waters, known as "The Heavenly Lake". The basin-shaped lake, 2155 meters above sea level, and 313 meters deep at maximum, encompasses an area of 9.2 square kilometers. It's a typical high mountain lake. The lake waters keep flowing out, without causing apparent change in its water level. The two white rivers of the upper reaches of the second Songhua River originate here. The inner side of the lake bank is craggy cliffs formed by rough-surface rocks and white pumice stones, which make the Lake resemble a marble bowl carved with uncanny workmanship. The surface of the Lake is smooth as a mirror, with the reflections of grotesque cliffs upon it in numerous exotic shapes.

The Waterfall of Changbai Mountain:- The water of the Heavenly Lake finds its way out through an opening in the northern bank and at a vertical cliff, 1250 meters away, drops 68 meters down with loud rumbles. The Changbai warterfall hangs in the air like a white ribbon.

The Hot Springs of Changbai Mountain:- At the north side of the White-Head Mountain, there is a group of hot springs coverings an area of over one thousand square meters. Two white rivers wind their ways among the hot springs. The right banks where the mouths of springs concentrate are shrouded in hot misty air all the year round. The springs vary in temperature, with the highest reaching 82 degree Celsius. The hot waters contain hydrogen sulphide and have high medical value.

The Primeval Forests: The vast sea of forests appears mysterious and bizarre. No old sky-piercing trees have ever been felled. Natural-grown upside down trees are covered with moth, and young trees shoot just from the old rotten roots.

Ji’an City is located in the southeast of Jilin Province and face to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea across the Yalu River. It is famous for scenic spots, such as Wunvfeng National Forest Park, the Yalu River scenic area, Yunfeng Lake scenic resort and Capital Cities and Tombs of Ancient Koguryo Kingdom of China.

Wunvfeng National Forest Park is only 20 kilometers from Ji’an city. Among the big mountains, 17 peaks are 1000 meters above sea level. The park is named by five famous peaks, Tiannvfeng, Yunvfeng, Shennvfeng, Xiunvfeng and Chunnvfeng. The total area of the park is 6867 hectares and the forest coverage rate is 95%. It is the Kanto Sanbao ginseng, pilose antler, mink origin, and hometown of wild herbs, fruit and delicacies. In 1992, the former State Ministry of forestry formally approved the establishment of National Forest Park. Later, it is promoted to the national AAAAA level scenic spot in 2012.

Capital cities and tombs of Ancient Koguryo Kingdom of China were inscribed on the World Heritage List on July 2, 2004 by the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee Convention.

The ruins are scattered in Ji’an City and Huanren Manchu Autonomous County of the neighbouring Liaoning Province. They include remains of three cities and 40 tombs, Wunv Mountain City, Guonei City and Wandu Mountain City, with 14 tombs of imperial families and 26 of nobles. They all belong to the Koguryo culture, named after the dynasty that ruled over parts of northern China and the northern half of the Korean Peninsula from 37 BC to AD 668.