In the morning of July 14, 2012, Professor Richard A. Lerner, former Director of the Scripps Research Institute (USA) visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL). Following a warm reception given by Drs. Ming-Wei Wang and Fajun Nan, Professor Lerner congratulated the establishment of CNCL and discussed the potential collaboration in the research area of therapeutic antibodies. Drs. Henry Ji (CEO of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., USA), Fang Guo (Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Guang Yang participated in the above activities.