China’s online video market seems to be dominated by 3 companies: Youku (owned by Alibaba), iQiyi (owned by Baidu) and QQ Video (owned by Tencent). A third contender is however worth a look, from users and marketers alike: the hype and versatile platform Bilibili. What is Bilibili? The popular youth-oriented video streaming and sharing giant … Read more
Next Wednesday October 20, 2021, I’ll be welcoming my friend Cathy Yu to join me on HPA – China & HPA-Global Insights video podcast for a discussion on China’s dietary supplement regulations. Don’t miss it, sign up for HPA-China’s FREE weekly newsletter “China Updates” before October 19th and the video link will be in the … Read more
HPA-Global Insights welcomes back Ron Wardle for another dive into China’s digital world. China has been working to downsize the power and influence of its largest social media and digital platforms like Alibaba, Tencent, etc.. One area the government is focusing on is to breakdown the “walls” that corral consumers into these individual platforms without … Read more
Nestlé Health Science announced that a new infant supplement Spoonfulone, which is used to introduce a variety of food proteins at an early stage, has officially entered the Chinese market through import. The protein of Spoonfulone product is made from 17 food ingredients rich in nutrients, while introducing a variety of food allergens with a … Read more
HPA-Global Insights welcomed Brian Negley founding member and consultant to EarlyData to discuss China’s fasting growing e-commerce platform, Pin Duo Duo, which is a group buying platform. It’s growth in both sales and volume are highlighted as well as insights into its success. CLICK HERE TO WATCH
In this video HPA-Global Insights welcomes David Trosin, Managing Director Health Sciences Certification at NSF. Discussion focuses on retailers growing need to have their own safety and quality programs in place to protect their customers from poor quality, adulterated or mislabeled supplements. CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO
Online Training with a China Market Insider July 29th, 2021, 10-11 AM PST The U.S. Commercial Service/Portland, OR and the Health Products Association-China present this one-hour webinar focusing on cross-border e-Commerce sales to China of nutritional supplements, processed foods/beverages and cosmetics/personal care products. Topics Covered: 1) Activating your brand prior to Market Entry 2) Use … Read more
Below are the latest cross border e-commerce (CBEC) data pack from TMO and HPA-China. The two organizations have partnered together to bring monthly market intel updates on China’s CBEC supplement business to the association’s members as well as readers of the association’s newsletter, “China Updates”. MARCH 2022 Report FEBRUARY 2022 Report JANUARY 2022 Report 2021 … Read more
The year 2016 is a watershed in Chinese health food management reform, changing from the registration system lasting 20 years to the dual-track management system (registration and filing). Nearly 150 imported health food filing certificates have been issued until now since filing management implemented in May, 2017, compared with about 250 in total of imported … Read more
Chinese market regulators are planning to step up their control of e-commerce platforms by formulating a list of responsibilities for operators and drafting new regulations for the sector, according to state-owned news agency Xinhua. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) will “adopt more powerful regulatory measures this year with a series of actions” to clean … Read more
