In the morning of December 14, 2012, Professor Yanduo Tao and 7 his associates from the Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology (Xining, Qinghai Province), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL). He was accompanied by Dr. Jianping Zuo of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), CAS. Professor Ming-Wei Wang (Director of CNCL) briefly introduced the history and future plan of CNCL. Professor Tao was very impressed by the rapid growth of CNCL.