Drs. Samuel Waxman and Ming-Ming Zhou from Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York) visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the morning of April 15, 2012. Professor Ming-Wei Wang warmly welcomed his long-time friend, Professor Waxman, and briefly introduced the history and development plan of the library. Drs. Waxman and Zhou were deeply impressed by this world class facility and its cultural environment, and hope to promote academic collaboration and personnel exchange.