Professor Ming-Wei Wang, Director, the National Center for Drug Screening (NCDS) and Dean, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, attended the 4th Board Meeting of the Chinese Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (China NDI; http://www.asiandi.org:8099/) held in Shanghai on May 10, 2016. An in-depth discussion was carried out among nearly 60 participants from various parts of China, Drs. John Reeder (Director) and Garry Aslanyan (Manager of Partnership and Governance) from the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) affiliated to the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as Professor Xiaonong Zhou (Director, the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Topics covered including how to promote the sustainable growth of China NDI and make more significant contributions to global innovation efforts in drug and diagnostics development against tropical diseases. Associate Professor Dehua Yang from NCDS, Professor Wei Hu from Fudan School of Life Sciences, Professor Wei Fu and Assistant Professor Hongbo Weng from Fudan School of Pharmacy were present.