College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering (CCME) of Peking University was originally founded as the Chemistry Division of the Metropolitan University of the Qing Dynasty, which is the oldest chemistry department in national universities of China. CCME now comprises five academic departments and five research institutes, while hosting two state key laboratories, two Ministry of Education (MOE) key laboratories and one national defense key laboratories. In 2003, “Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences” was established by CCME in conjunction with the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was constructed formally in December 2007.