On 31 August 2022, we had the honour of hosting Mr. Kenichi Odaka, Ambassador of the Japan Consulate General in Hong Kong, Ms Mamiko Tanaka, Director of the Public Relations and Cultural Affairs Division, as well as four officers of the Japan Consulate General at our laboratory. Our Director, Prof. Kenneth Leung, gave a comprehensive presentation on the founding history, research areas, cultivation of talents and scientific achievements of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP). Coinciding with the tenth anniversary, he also specifically mentioned the future visions and missions of the laboratory in the next stage. The delegation had an in-depth and friendly exchange and discussion with Prof. Leung and visited the internal laboratory under the guidance of SKLMP member Prof. Rudolf Wu, during which several student representatives demonstrated the laboratory's latest experiments and research highlights to the Ambassador.