Accompanied by Professor Gaobin Zhao, Professor Baohong Jiang and Ms. Dongying Lu (Program Manager) of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Gerardo Guillén (Academician from Cuban Academy of Sciences and Director of Biomedical Research, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba) visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the morning of March 1, 2019. He was warmly received by Professor Ming-Wei Wang (Director of the National Center for Drug Screening/CNCL). The honorable guest highly commended the foundation principles, operating mechanisms and innovation achievements of this national resource-sharing platform for drug discovery. Professor Zhengji Ni (President, Institute of Shanghai for Zhangjiang & Universities’ Collaborative Innovation) and Mr. Bin Fan (Vice General Manager, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, Shanghai Technology Transfer Co., Ltd.) participated in the visit.