In the afternoon of October 11th, 2012, Mr. Yongcheng Du, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Wuhan Education Base of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and his associates visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL). The delegation was accompanied by Mr. Wei Lin from Graduate Studies Department of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, CAS. The guests received a warm reception given by Ms. Xueping Duan, Head of Administration and Logistics of CNCL. They highly appreciated the exquisite environment, sophisticated equipment and rich cultural atmosphere of CNCL, and call it "a perfect blending of science and art”.