The International Forum on Natural Products held by State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)was heldduring Aug. 31- Sep. 2, 2018. The central theme of the forum is Natural Products Chemistry and Drug Discovery. The opening ceremony of the forum was moderated by Professor YU Shishan. The over one hundred and fifty global experts attended to exchange cutting edge knowledge and approaches on natural product research, and to discuss the future of natural product research in drug discovery and life science.