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Chemistry of the 20th century has accomplished great achievements, which should deserve recognition of the human society. There are seven innovations in technology of the 20th century, among which , the most important one is the technology of chemical syntheses. There are four big and difficult problems of chemistry facing the 21st century, waiting chemists to solve. Theoretical chemists should be more aggressive and extend their research fields into many interdisciplinary areas.