Mr. Paul Grayson, President and CEO of Anaphore, Inc. (San Diego, USA), visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the afternoon of June 8, 2012. Professor Ming-Wei Wang briefly introduced the development, culture and prospect of the library. Mr. Grayson has a rich experience in investing and managing biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. He was very impressed with the scale and infrastructure of this state-of-the-art research facility, and wishes to explore collaboration possibilities with CNCL in drug discovery.