Accompanied by Drs. Jian Ding, Yang Ye and Meiyu Geng (Director and Deputy Directors, respectively) of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, an executive delegation led by Mr. Jean-Philippe Seta, President of Servier (France) visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the morning of September 14, 2012. Among more than 10 delegates included several decision makers such as Dr. Emmanuel Canet (Global R&D President) and Mr. Didier Mochon (Asia-Pacific Region President). The guests were very satisfied with the progresses of the "Joint Laboratory for Drug Discovery" located within the CNCL.