As a new interdiscipline between chemistry and life science, chemical biology has springing up in the world and becoming a major direction in the further ten year or much more time.

• 摘要综述了化学生物学作为一个化学与生命科学交叉的新兴学科、正在世界各国迅速兴起，并逐渐成长为未来几十年或更长一段时间内的重要前沿方向。