自从去年一月间中央学术名词统一工作委员会化学名词审查委员会委托中国化学会拟定了「化学名词草案」,并号召国内化学界对于这个草案反映意见后,我会「化学世界」编审委员会各同仁以化学名词之决定对于我国化学学术之推进至关重要,经几次交换意见,决定由我会邀集在沪的化学工作同志,于去年八月间,成立修订化学名词委员会,并拟定了修订化学名词的八项原则如下:一、已用惯而无重大错误或不妥当之名词,应仍采用,不予更动。二、普通与化学无关之名词,应予刪除。三、避免多造新字;倘不得已而必须造字时,最好先把族类定出有意义之名称(如甾族、(?)族等 Since January last January, the Chemical Terminology Review Committee of the Central Academic Terms Committee has entrusted the Chemical Society of China with the drafting of a “Chemical Name Bill” and called on the Chinese chemists to reflect their opinions on the draft. I would like to see all colleagues of the Chemical World Review Committee The decision of chemical nouns is of crucial importance for the promotion of chemistry in our country. After several exchanges of opinions, I decided that the commanders of chemistry I would invite to Shanghai gathered in August last year to set up a committee to revise the Chemical Terminology and formulate revised chemical terms The eight principles are as follows: First, has been used without major mistakes or inappropriate terms, should still be adopted, without change. Second, the general and non-chemical terms, should be deleted. Third, to avoid creating more new words; if last resort and must be made, it is best to first make a meaningful name of the class (such as steroids, (?), Etc.