In the afternoon of October 13, 2017, Professor Thomas A. Steitz, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University (USA), visited School of Pharmacy, Fudan University. He was accompanied by Professor Ming-Wei Wang (Dean and Director, the National Center for Drug Screening/CNCL) and Professor Jinzhong Lin from School of Life Sciences, Fudan University. Drs. Jun Pan (Executive Vice Dean), Jianxin Wang (Vice Dean), Xuemei Zhang (Vice Dean) and Cong Li (Vice Dean) warmly received him. Following a joint working lunch, Dr. Steitz delivered a lecture, at the invitation of Dr. Ming-Wei Wang, entitled ““The structure and function of the Ribosome Complexes with various Protein Factors and Antibiotics” to an audience of several dozen from Fudan and outside institutions, who enthusiastically reacted to his messages. A roundtable discussion was carried out thereafter between Dr. Steitz and more than a dozen of undergraduate and graduate students from the school. He answered each and every question raised by the students who were deeply impressed and greatly touched by his grown-up experiences, passion for science and love to the younger generation.