Recently, the China Cosmetics Technological Innovation and Green Chemistry Empowering High-Quality Beauty Development Symposium, co-hosted by Wanhua Chemical and the China Association of Fragrance, Flavor and Cosmetics Industries (CAFFCI), was successfully held at Wanhua Chemical Cishan Headquarters in Yantai, Shandong. The symposium focused on key directions such as raw material independence, technological innovation, bio-manufacturing, green chemistry, and packaging material upgrades, bringing together industry authorities, leading beauty brands, and scientific research experts to explore new pathways for the beauty industry's high-quality development.
Yan Jiangying, President of CAFFCI, noted that new quality productive forces are empowering the beauty industry, bringing unprecedented development opportunities. The core of industrial competition has completely shifted toward scientific and technological innovation strength, product quality, and comprehensive capabilities. She expressed hope that the symposium would serve as a bridge for exchange, bringing industry partners together for collaborative innovation, building a green industrial system, improving industry standards, and steadily transforming China from a major cosmetics manufacturer into a high-end manufacturing powerhouse. Focusing on green chemistry, and digital technology innovation, she proposed establishing a full-chain collaborative innovation system to comprehensively upgrade the technological, product, and brand value of the beauty industry.
Yuan Shuai, Vice President of Wanhua Chemical, set out the company's strategic roadmap for its healthcare sector—covering core R&D systems and a full-chain industrialization roadmap—in the context of broader industry trends. Relying on green functional raw materials, smart lean manufacturing, and a globally integrated research, production, and sales service network, Wanhua Chemical continues to strengthen the stability and security of the raw material supply chain. He highlighted technology systems including AI-empowered R&D, synthetic biology, and green and low-carbon technologies, noting that its business spans personal care, fragrance ingredients, and nutrition and health. By applying cutting-edge technological innovation and green process upgrades, Wanhua is comprehensively helping the industry to improve quality and efficiency, driving high-quality, sustainable development.
Dr. Zhang Yongzhen systematically introduced Wanhua Chemical's full-industry-chain technological layout and tangible achievements in the beauty and comprehensive healthcare sector. Supported by diversified technology platforms, the company continues to tackle core raw material technologies for beauty, achieving independent R&D and stable mass production of products such as bio-based polyols, green surfactants, novel fragrance ingredients, and high-end carbomers. Meanwhile, through process optimization, formulation improvements, and intelligent production control, Wanhua continuously refines product performance, specifically addressing practical difficulties in cosmetic raw material applications.
Wang Chuanlong, Deputy General Manager of Sichuan Yibin Plus Packaging Materials Co., Ltd., shared his insights on green and smart packaging solutions for the beauty industry. Addressing the industry's pain points of severe packaging homogenization, weak traceability management, and low recycling rates, and drawing on his company's years of R&D and manufacturing experience, he introduced multiple core technologies. These technologies cater to the aesthetics and usage needs of the new generation of consumers, creating one-stop, lightweight, recyclable, and aesthetically superior packaging solutions that facilitate the intelligent and green upgrade of the beauty packaging industry.
The attending guests objectively recognized Wanhua Chemical's full-industry-chain layout, R&D strength, and globally stable supply system in the beauty and comprehensive healthcare sector, and expressed their desire to deepen long-term strategic cooperation and expand multi-dimensional business synergies, laying a solid foundation for deep industrial chain integration and win-win outcomes. Moving forward, Wanhua Chemical will continue to stand at the forefront of the industry, relying on its R&D and technological innovation advantages and adhering to a cooperation philosophy of openness and mutual benefit.
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