Deputy Director Xiong Zhang of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning and three of his associates inspected the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the afternoon of November 17, 2016. Dr. Ming-Wei Wang (Director of CNCL) briefed him with the history, development and prospect of CNCL. Dr. Wang emphasized that CNCL will explore every possibility to expand collaborations while implementing the national mega project on drug discovery, with an ultimate goal of establishing a top level resource and technology platform for drug innovation. The honorable guests highly commended the founding principles, operating mechanisms and innovation achievements of this national resource-sharing platform for drug discovery.