中文摘要：

本文论述了微型化在化学科学未来发展中的战略作用和潜力，强调了微流控技术在生物和药物化学分析及大规模平行化学反应等领域发展中的重要性，并预测微型化将极大改善化学系统的效率、成本、安全性和灵活性等。

英文摘要：

The strategic role and potentials of miniaturization in the future development of chemical sciences are discussed, stressing the importance of microfluidic approaches in developing chip-based devices for analytical applications in the biological and pharmaceutical fields and parallel processing of chemical reactions. Drastic improvements in efficiencies, cost-savings, safety, and mobility are envisioned.