Vice Governor Yumin Xie of the People’s Government of Pudong New Area, Shanghai and 8 of her associates inspected the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the afternoon of November 21, 2016. They were warmly greeted by Senior Engineer Jia Wang of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The honorable guests highly commended the foundation principles, operating mechanisms and innovation achievements of this national resource-sharing platform for drug discovery. Professor Jianxin Wang (Vice Dean) and Dr. Xueru Shi (Chief of Staff) from School of Pharmacy, Fudan University participated in the event.