Chirality is one of the essential attributes of nature and is profoundly interwoven with the origin and evolution of life. With the continuous advancement of chirality science, related theories and technologies have been widely applied and have contributed to many frontier fields, including chemistry, biomedicine, materials science, physics, and environmental engineering.

Since its first edition in Fukuoka, Japan, in 2012, the Molecular Chirality Asia Symposium has been held biennially and has successfully completed seven editions.

The 2026 Molecular Chirality Asia Symposium (MCASIA2026) will be hosted by the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Lanzhou University, and organized by the State Key Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Lanzhou University, the Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Selective Synthesis, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and JASCO Corporation. It will be held from October 9 to 13, 2026, in Dunhuang, Gansu, China, famous city on the Silk Road.

—— WELCOME ——

This conference is being held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 80th anniversary of the Chemistry discipline at Lanzhou University, and the 40th anniversary of the National Key Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we cordially invite experts and scholars from related fields around the world to join us in Dunhuang to explore the frontiers of chirality and to jointly foster interdisciplinary innovation in the chemical sciences.