Accompanied by Mr. Al Ross (Counselor, Science and Innovation of New Zealand Embassy in Beijing), Madam Jessie Zhang (Officer of New Zealand Embassy in Beijing), Mr. Jock Gilray (Consul Immigration, New Zealand Consulate General in Shanghai) and Madam Maggie Shen (Policy Advisor of New Zealand Consulate General in Shanghai), Mr. David Smol, Chief Executive, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) of New Zealand, visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the afternoon of March 11, 2016. He was warmly received by Drs. Ming-Wei Wang (Director of the National Center for Drug Screening/CNCL), Shuhong Guan (Division Head of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Xuemei Zhang (Assistant Dean, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University). A productive discussion was conducted regarding the latest progresses made in a bilateral research collaboration project between China and New Zealand.