In the morning of October 16, 2017, Professor Ningsheng Xu (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of Fudan University) met with Professor Thomas A. Steitz, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University (USA), at Handan Campus. Professor Xu warmly welcomed Dr. Steitz and congratulated him to become an honorary professor at Fudan University. During the exchanges, both of them emphasized the key roles that basic research and public platform play in supporting scientific and technological innovation. Professor Xu specially briefed Dr. Steitz of a series of latest initiatives that Fudan is taking at Zhangjiang, Shanghai, in participation of the construction of a science and technology innovation center with global influence. Drs. Ming-Wei Wang (Dean and Director, the National Center for Drug Screening/Chinese National Compound Library), Jinzhong Lin and Jinbiao Ma from School of Life Sciences, Fudan University were present in the meeting.