摘要: This year, the journal Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (CJNM) celebrates its consecutive, successful 12 years of excellent publication. The journal was founded in May 2003, as a product of China Pharmaceutical University, an internationally recognized top high education institution in China, and Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, an leading professional society in biomedical and pharmaceutical research and development. Since its inception, CJNM has devoted to outstanding and effective communications among pharmaceutical and medicinal plant scientists to promote botanical, chemical, and biological sciences related to natural medicines, as an effort of promoting global public health and patient care. In the past 12 years, thanks to the excellent contributions (original research articles or timely reviews) of several thousands of our authors, timely and high-quality reviews of thousands of peer reviewers, and outstanding and tireless efforts of our editors, editorial board members, and editorial staff, our journal has been emerging as a leading journal in natural medicines and drug discovery and development.