Led by Professor Guihai Wang, a group of well-established scientists and experts visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the afternoon of September 21, 2012, as a part of their application assessment mission relative to new key laboratory of Chinese Academy of Sciences. They were accompanied by Professor Hualiang Jiang (Deputy Director), Professor Huaqiang Xu and Madam Chuan Li (Deputy Section Chief of Project Management) of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica). A brief introduction made by Professor Ming-Wei Wang covering the history and development status of this national basic research facility impressed the visitors greatly.