On the invitation of Professor Zhao Jincun, deputy director of the Laboratory, Professor Stanley Perlman of the University of Iowa, paid an exchange visit to the Laboratory from February 25 to March 3, 2018 and made an academic report with the title of “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: Insights into Role of Type 1 Interferon and T cell responses”. During their exchange, Professor Stanley Perlman communicated with the PI of the Laboratory on the major infectious epidemic situation prevailing in the world and development of the Laboratory and deeply discussed the contents and directions of research program.