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• The first Chinese Chemical Letters (CCL) Organic Chemistry Forum was held in Xiamen of Fujian in Jan. 2018, followed by the successful events in Zhengzhou of Henan in Dec. 2019 and Linzhi of Tibet in July 2021. The series of forums aim to build a high-level organic chemistry academic exchange platform for (Chinese) youthful organic chemists, fully showcase their latest frontier achievements, and enhance the international level of organic chemistry in China. At the same time, the convening of the series of forums has also played a positive role in promoting the development of China’s scientific journal publishing, accelerating the realization of the strategic goal of building a world-class journal.

  The 4^th CCL Organic Chemistry Forum with The Editorial Committee of the Organic Chemistry Division of CCL was successfully held in Zhangye, Gansu Province from 12 to 15, July 2023. Prof. Junke Wang at Hexi University organized the seminar, which was co-organized by the Hexi University and CCL editorial office. This conference attracted a total of 93 participants, including (youthful) editorial boards, (potential) authors and readers of CCL from 19 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China (Fig. 1). This conference provides a valuable opportunity for the editorial board, authors, and readers of CCL to discuss and exchange the last development of the organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, and their related research, especially published results in CCL. At the same time, it also provides potential development opportunities for the beautiful campus of Hexi University, which is located in the middle of Hexi Corridor and strives to "make western articles and produce distinctive achievements."

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  Figure 1.  The group photo of the 4^th CCL Organic Chemistry Forum.

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  At the forum, Firstly, Prof. Huanfang Guo, Executive Editor of CCL, introduced the history and current status of CCL (Fig. 2). Then, Prof. Yu Liu, Nankai University delivered keynote lecture entitled "Supramolecular Medicinal Chemistry" (Fig. 3). After that, thirty-seven experts gave wonderful lectures for the conference, covering the latest research achievements in various fields of organic chemistry, including organic synthesis, organic methodology, organic functional materials, supramolecular chemistry, etc.

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  Figure 2.  Prof. Huanfang Guo, Executive Editor, introduced the development history of CCL.

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  Figure 3.  Professor Yu Liu delivered a keynote lecture.

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  Apart from that, the Forum recognized outstanding youthful scientists who had made significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry of CCL in 2023. Prof. Li Zhang [1] from Sun Yat-sen University, Prof. Bing Yu [2] from Zhengzhou University, Prof. Wanhua Wu [3] from Sichuan University, Prof. Wei Wei [4] from Qufu Normal University, and Prof. Wei Tian [5] from Northwestern Polytechnical University won "The Academic rising Star Award" and the laureates delivered speeches and shared with attendees the progress they have made in recent years in this forum (Fig. 4).

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  Figure 4.  The ceremony for CCL Academic New Star Award of the 4^th CCL Organic Chemistry Forum.

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  Finally, we extend our sincere thanks to Hexi University, Shimadzu Enterprise Management (China) Co., Ltd., Lanzhou New Vanke Instrument Equipment Co., Ltd., and Huashi Green Instrument Studio for their generous financial support. We would also like to express our gratitude to Editorial office of CCL, all the speakers, scholars and graduate students who participated in this seminar.

  Declaration of competing interest

  On the behalf of all co-authors and myself here, I declare that we have no any known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

  
  
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  Figure 1  The group photo of the 4^th CCL Organic Chemistry Forum.

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  Figure 2  Prof. Huanfang Guo, Executive Editor, introduced the development history of CCL.

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  Figure 3  Professor Yu Liu delivered a keynote lecture.

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  Figure 4  The ceremony for CCL Academic New Star Award of the 4^th CCL Organic Chemistry Forum.

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