关键词: 展望, 化学工程, 化学, 多尺度, 复杂系统, 计算技术

Abstract: Based on recent strategic studies of the Chinese chemical engineering community and analysis on the requirements from developing society and economy in China and the frontiers of science & technology in the world, this paper emphasized the opportunities and the challenges for chemical engineering science. As a common engineering science, chemical engineering must extend its applications to cope with the changing economy and society while upgrading its knowledge base. It is believed that the emergence of the complexity science, the progress in computer technology and computational science and the upgrade of experimental capability have generated new driving forces for chemical engineering science to open a new paradigm. Simultaneously, the changes in society and economy, the challenges in energy, resources and environment and the progresses in many high-tech fields have significantly extended the applicable domain for chemical engineering. The chemical engineering community must follow the tide of transdisciplinarity and convergency for science and technology to adapt the changing world and to contribute to the coming new era of chemical engineering.

Key words: 展望, 化学工程, 化学, 多尺度, 复杂系统, 计算技术