The 2017 Chinese Medicinal Chemistry Symposium was successfully held on Aug.27-30 at the Beijing National Conference Center.The theme of this conference is Global New Drug Research and Development:New molecules,New Technologies,and New Therapies.This symposium collected a very impressive list of scientists who are highly active in drug discovery.The symposium delivered 179 presentations and 135 posters on the topics of:1) Progression of cell therapy research (including immune,stem cells,etc.);2) New frontiers and trends in medicinal chemistry;3) Latest developments in critical diseases;4) New theories and methods of drug molecular design;5) New methods and technologies in medicinal materials and drug synthesis;6) Chemical biology and related fields;7) Frontiers of natural medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.Among them,11 invited speakers are come from School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,PKU.