Accompanied by Professor Hua-liang Jiang, Professor Xiaofan Wang of Department of Pharmacology, Duke University, Dr. Dawei Lin of the UC Davis Genome Center and Dr. Jinzi Wu, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis, Inc. (Hangzhou) visited the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the morning of November 17, 2011. Professor Ming-Wei Wang briefly introduced the history, development and prospect of the library. As former roommates, Drs. Xiaofan Wang and Ming-Wei Wang recalled their fond memories at UCLA where they studied together in 1984. The visitors were very impressed by the state-of-the-art facility and future plan of CNCL expressed that they will seek collaboration opportunities.