He is currently the President and Party Secretary of China Academy of Sciences. 1996 served as vice president and member of the party group; In 2004, he served as executive vice president and deputy secretary of the party group (ministerial level). Alternate member of the 15th, 16th and 17th CPC Central Committee. Academician of China Academy of Sciences, academician and vice president of developing countries, foreign academician of American National Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences, honorary academician of Royal Society of Chemistry, honorary academician of Indian Academy of Sciences, etc. Honorary doctors from many universities such as the United States, Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Australia. He is also the vice chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, honorary chairman of China Micro-Nano Association, chief scientist of National Nanotechnology Steering and Coordinating Committee, and dean of the Graduate School of China Academy of Sciences. Member of the Central Talent Work Coordination Group, member of the National Education Reform Leading Group, member of the National Twelfth Five-Year Plan Expert Group for National Economic and Social Development, and vice chairman of the National Science and Technology Awards Committee. He is also a co-editor of several important international academic journals in the fields of chemistry and nanotechnology or a member of the international advisory editorial board.

Bai Chunli, male, Manchu, born in September, 1953, a native of Xiuyan, Liaoning Province,1joined China in July 1974, and1joined the work in September 1970. Graduated from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with postgraduate degree and doctor's degree, researcher and academician of China Academy of Sciences.

He is currently a member of the 19th Central Committee of China, the president of China Academy of Sciences, the party secretary, the executive chairman of the presidium and the president of academy of sciences for the developing world.