Drs. Gérald F. Spaeth (Head of Unité Parasitologie Molécularie et Signalisation) and Najma Rachidi, both from Institut Pasteur (Paris, France), visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the afternoon of June 12, 2014. They received a warm reception by Drs. Ming-Wei Wang and Caihong Zhou. Invited by Dr. Wang, the guests delivered a joint lecture covering the topic of drug discovery efforts for diseases of poverty.