Mr. Shou-Xin Han, Mr. Xuedong Wang, (Director and Deputy Director of Qingdao Ocean-based R&D Core Area Administration) and four of their associates visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the morning of April 11, 2013. A brief introduction made by Mr. Yanseng Shi (Office Director) of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences relative to the history and development status of this national basic research establishment impressed the visitors greatly.