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2026 Functional Food & Wellness Summit Successfully Concludes
It gathered over 150 industry elites from more than 20 countries and regions, including China, Canada, the U.S., France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, India, Singapore, and Indonesia. Among them were core decision-makers and R&D leaders from global giants such as FeiHe, Morinaga, Mead Johnson, Suntory, Yili Group, Meiji, Amway, Health & Happiness (H&H), Mengniu Dairy, Rousselot, and Sirio. They engaged in in-depth discussions and precise resource matching around key industrial topics like policy compliance, technological innovation, and market expansion, consolidating consensus and injecting strong momentum for the high-quality advancement of the global functional food industry.
The summit was jointly guided by authoritative institutions, including the International Probiotics Association (IPA), the Asean Alliance of Health Supplement Associations（AAHSA）, the Malaysian Dietary Supplements Association (MADSA), the Japan Health Business Media, the Expert Nutraceutical Advocacy Council (ENAC®), and Coherent Market Insights. FeiHe served as the Diamond Sponsor, Morinaga as the Gold Sponsor, and Rousselot as the Presentation Sponsor.
During the two-day sessions, nearly 30 industry leaders delivered professional insights. George Paraskevakos, Executive Director of the International Probiotics Association, deeply interpreted the trends and challenges of microbiome innovation from the perspective and practice of the IPA. Pichit Pongsukvechkul, immediate Past President of Health Food and Supplements Association, detailed the latest regulatory dynamics of health products and functional foods in ASEAN, offering practical guidance for enterprises’ cross-border layout. Sandeep Gupta, Chief Founder of the Expert Nutraceutical Advocacy Council, focused on the overseas expansion paths of Indian and global nutraceutical brands, providing ideas for enterprises to tap into international markets. Leading businesses including Amway, Meiji, H&H and FeiHe delivered high-value keynote speeches at the conference, and the conference also arranged panel discussions focusing on core topics, which sparked a wealth of insightful ideas centering on hot issues such as technological innovation, market trends and compliance development.
The 2026 Functional Food & Wellness Industry Awards Ceremony drew wide attention. Centering on ingredient innovation, product R&D, and technological breakthroughs, the organizing committee honored outstanding businesses and products in niche tracks such as gut health, maternal and infant nutrition, bone health, immune protection, blood sugar management, sports nutrition, cognitive function, digestive health, and anti-aging, setting industry benchmarks. Representatives of winning businesses stated that the awards are recognition of their products and technologies, and will further inspire them to deepen innovation and enhance product quality and core competitiveness.
Fresh Milk Protein Ingredient Technology Innovation Award-Liquid Milk Protein-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Breast Milk-Adapted Formula Technology Innovation Award-AceKid Plus Genugro Growing-up Formula-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Annual Cognitive Function Product Award-Bifidobacterium breve MCC1274-Morinaga
Annual Probiotic Innovation for Glycemic Control Product Award-Mengniu Yourui Antangdun Probiotic Powder-Mengniu Dairy
Annual Probiotic Product Award-Biobor PROBIOTICS GUMMY BEARS- Biobor Health （Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
Annual Gold Award for Gut Health-Yili Health Science Changshi Probiotic Freeze-Dried Powder-Yili Group
Annual Liver Health Product Award-BElixz LIVCORE-BE International
Annual Immune Protection Excellence Award-Mengniu Yourui Huangjin Protein Powder-Mengniu Dairy
Annual Technological Innovation Pioneer Award-Mengniu Ruibuen EnZhi Infant Formula Milk Powder，Mengniu Ruibuen QinYi Infant Formula Milk Powder，Mengniu Ruibuen ChuAi Niu Niu Infant Formula Milk Powder-Mengniu Dairy
Annual Bone and Joint Health Product Award-Biobor D3+K2+Ca GUMMIES- Biobor Health （Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
Active Nutrient & Fresh Ingredient Formula Technology Innovation Excellence Award-Qicui Infant Formula Milk Powder, Jicui Infant Formula Milk Powder-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Excellence Award for Infant & Toddler Fresh Formula Rice Cereal-Feihe Platinum Formula Rice Cereal-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Annual Digestive Health Ingredient Award-SIRIO Apple Cider Vinegar AppOtics®-Sirio Pharma
Annual Gold Award for Protein Quality-Yili Health Science Immunoglobulin Protein Powder-Yili Group
Annual Technological Innovation Pioneer Award-Tribiosynsis®-Chambio
Annual Popular Product Flavor Award-Mengniu Yourui Selenium-Enriched High-Calcium Goat Milk Powder-Mengniu Dairy
Annual Bone and Joint Health Product Award-Mengniu Yimibaba Probiotic Drops-Mengniu Dairy
Annual Immune Function Product Award-BElixz SHIRUTO-BE International
New Generation Lactose-Free Milk Protein Innovation Breakthrough Award-FIRMUS Ranch Milk Protein Nutritional Powder-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Active Nutrient & Fresh Ingredient Formula Technology Innovation Excellence Award-AceKid Optigrow Powdered Milk Drink-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Annual Sports Nutrition Product Award-Biobor OXYPEAK GUMMIES- Biobor Health （Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
Innovation Gold Award for Bone Health-Bone Energy Formula Milk Powder-Yili Group
Annual Vision & Eye Health Product Award-BElixz I-VXION -BE International
Annual Healthy Snack Innovation Award -Mengniu Yimibaba Nutritional Milk Tablet，Mengniu Yimibaba Growth Nutritional Bar-Mengniu Dairy
Annual Health Protection Product Award-MeadJohnson AGIJOY Immunoglobulin Bovine Colostrum Powder-Mead Johnson
Breast Milk-Adapted Formula Technology Innovation Award-Qicui Infant Formula Milk Powder, Jicui Infant Formula Milk Powder-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Musculoskeletal Health Innovation Award-Feihe Aiben Small Molecule Milk Protein Special Dietary Powder Series-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Annual Cognitive Function Product Award-Biobor DHA GUMMIES- Biobor Health （Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
Gold Award for Blood Glucose Health-Digestible Sugar Milk Powder-Yili Group
Annual Weight Management Product Award-Mengniu Sosodaily Probiotic Powder Platinum Edition/Luxury Gold Edition -Mengniu Dairy
Infant Clinical Evidence Early Life Nutrition Excellence Award-Qicui Infant Formula Milk Powder, Jicui Infant Formula Milk Powder, Zhuorui Infant Formula Milk Powder-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Excellence Product Award for Children’s Active Immune Protein-Feihe Lactoferrin Nutritional Powder-Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd.
Annual Healthy Ageing Nutrition Ingredient Award-SIRTMAX-Tokiwa Phytochemical Co., Ltd.
Innovation Gold Award for Joint Health-Bone Energy Gold Formula Milk Powder-Yili Group
Annual Temperature-Controlled Freshness Locking & Native Nutrition Dual Excellence Innovation Award-Mengniu Pure Milk Powder -Mengniu Dairy
Arjun, the representative from Amway, said: “This summit featured a rich and diverse agenda, covering hot topics such as product R&D, marketing, and compliance, and provided a diverse and professional communication platform for participants from all sectors of the industry.”
Richard, the speaker from Meiji, mentioned that this was the first time he had attended such an industry summit on behalf of the company, and he stated plainly that the experience was highly rewarding and educatiional. He added that the summit had brought together top players in the industry, and many guest speakers delivered presentations with substantive content and profound insights, which offered significant practical reference value.
Solange Henoud, Vice-President Regulatory & Compliance of Lallemand Health Solutions, commented: “The event features numerous interactive sessions that enable in-depth communication and experience sharing. Through thematic discussions, roundtables, and other segments, we gained a comprehensive understanding of the latest developments in the functional food and nutrition health sector.”
After the summit, the FFWS Organizing Committee announced that it will confirm and release the date and venue of the 2027 Functional Food & Wellness Summit and subsequent related activities later this year. Please stay tuned for updates.
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Recruited from 12 universities, including Hainan University and Hainan Normal University, as well as other local organizations, the volunteers share the common nickname “Little Deer.” The name is derived from Sanya’s nickname, “Deer City,” and is meant to reflect the volunteers’ lively, warm, and friendly spirit.
“See ya in Sanya” is both the slogan of the Asian Beach Games and the guiding principle for its volunteers. Liang Zihan, a student from Hainan Tropical Ocean University, said: “Since the launch of the volunteer recruitment drive, whether it is learning about the Games, mastering multilingual communication, or taking part in scenario-based drills and emergency exercises, I have given it my all. I hope to convey Sanya’s warmth, openness, and inclusiveness to every friend who comes from afar.”
Alongside local students, the volunteer team also includes many young people from across China brought together by the Games. Wu Yujia, a sophomore at the Hospitality Institute of Sanya, is one of them. “I want to show a warm, caring, and energetic Sanya,” she said. When asked about her future plans, she did not hesitate: “I want to stay in Sanya.” In her eyes, the city’s pleasant climate and beautiful scenery have deepened her affection for it and strengthened her commitment to volunteering.
The 6th Asian Beach Games will be held in Sanya, Hainan, from April 22 to 30, 2026. Delegations from all 45 member countries and regions of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will take part in what is the largest and most influential beach sports event in Asia. As the first major international sporting event to be held in Hainan after the independent customs operations of the Hainan Free Trade Port, the Games are not only a celebration of Asian sport but also an important opportunity for Hainan to present an open and welcoming face to the world.
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SERES’ Clifford Kang Highlights AI-Enabled Smart Mobility at the 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit
The summit, hosted by the World Internet Conference and organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, brought together global industry leaders to explore developments in digital and intelligent transformation.
Against this backdrop, Kang noted that artificial intelligence is accelerating a fundamental shift across industries, with mobility among the most significantly transformed sectors. AI is moving from merely functional to truly frictionless, becoming deeply embedded in every part of our lives and emerging as an inclusive force that enhances mobility, living and consumption experiences.
As this transformation accelerates, SERES continues to embed intelligence across its full value chain, from product development to manufacturing and user services, using continuous innovation to enhance user experience and strengthen its long-term competitiveness as a technology-driven new energy vehicle company.
A key milestone of SERES came in 2021, when SERES entered a cross-industry partnership with Huawei to launch the AITO brand, its premium new energy vehicle brand. At the time, the industry was facing a clear disconnect, where intelligent cars were not luxurious, while luxury cars were not intelligent. In response, AITO introduced the brand philosophy of “Intelligence Redefining Luxury”, positioning intelligence as the foundation of its premium mobility experience. The brand name itself, derived from “adding intelligence to auto”, reflects this core DNA.
Today, that strategy has translated into scale and adoption. AITO has built a user base of more than 880,000 active users of its smart driving assistance system, with total journeys surpassing 6.6 billion kilometres.
Clifford Kang further emphasised that a great product alone is not enough, and that company need to focus on the entire lifecycle user experience. Guided by this principle, SERES has extended intelligent technologies at scale across both manufacturing and customer service to improve every touchpoint.
In manufacturing, the SERES Super Factory, operates with more than 5,000 robots, enabling 100% automation of critical processes. AI vision inspection technology ensures strict quality control of key components, ensuring high quality standards across production.
On the customer service end, SERES has built a 24/7 cloud-based safety service system powered by AI and big data, enabling a shift from reactive support to intelligent predictive service. In 2025 alone, the system delivered approximately 250,000 proactive alerts to customers. One notable example came in July last year, when AITO M9 completed the industry’s first satellite-enabled rescue operation in a remote region of China, highlighting both the practical value and human warmth of intelligent connected technologies in real-world scenarios.
Looking ahead, Clifford Kang stated that new energy vehicles are evolving into the mobile intelligent space, requiring further robust investment in research and development. In 2025 alone, SERES invested RMB 12.5 billion in R&D, representing a 77% year-on-year increase. This investment has enabled the company to develop a suite of core technologies, including the SERES MF Platform, Super Range Extender and Intelligent Safety systems. These innovations are continuously applied across SERES’ products to enhance performance and deliver better mobility experiences for users.
“Bringing eruptive technology from the laboratory to the road requires more than one company’s efforts”, Kang said. “Open collaboration is the most efficient path forward. SERES has always embraced openness and partnership. We want to work with industry partners around the world to advance the mobility sector together. Let’s build up the future where technology has the vision to lead, the precision to excel, and the warmth to care.”
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About Seres Group
Seres Group is one of China’s leading luxury new energy vehicle companies. Its premium brand AITO has surpassed one million cumulative users. In 2025 AITO became the best-selling Chinese luxury car brand in the domestic market. With strong capabilities in areas such as intelligent driving, SERES is bringing its vision of “Intelligence Redefining Luxury” to global markets and delivering a smarter mobility experience to more users around the world.
The event featured a distinguished lineup of speakers who shared their insights on deepening cooperation. Gudrun Weidmann, Director for Internationalization at the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs; Zhai Qian, Minister Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Germany; Chen Xiaodong, Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce; Dr. Christian Scharpf, Deputy Mayor of Munich and Head of the Department of Labor and Economic Affairs, and Michaela Schenk, Chair of the Foreign Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria, delivered opening remarks. The proceedings were moderated by Stefan Geiger, Chairman of the China-Western Bavaria Business and Cultural Association.
Chen Gao, Secretary of the CPC Taicang Municipal Committee, delivered a keynote address titled “Green, Innovation, and Integration: Establishing a Model for Sino-German Cooperation.” In his speech, Chen drew a poetic parallel between Munich and Taicang’s home region of Suzhou, describing both as paragons of the perfect fusion between tradition and modernity where cutting-edge technology and modern industry coexist harmoniously with rich cultural heritage.
Reflecting on 33 years of deep engagement with Germany, Chen emphasized that Taicang’s bilateral cooperation has reached a historic turning point, transitioning from merely attracting foreign capital to fostering two-way investment, and from industrial supply-chain support to the co-creation of a complete industrial ecosystem. The Secretary highlighted three flagship Taicang projects recently included in the official achievement list of the high-level Sino-German summit—the Schaeffler Humanoid Robot Digital Factory, the Sino-German Taicang Zero-Carbon Park, and the Taicang Rhine-Neckar Innovation Center. These milestones vividly demonstrate Taicang’s momentum in pivoting toward green transformation, collaborative innovation, and deep bilateral integration. Taicang’s strategy remains built on the philosophy of long-termism, with Chen reaffirming the city’s dedication to optimizing a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment while reinforcing its brand identity as a “home away from home” for German community.
Following these addresses, the event yielded several milestone agreements aimed at facilitating practical cooperation, including the official inauguration of the VDE China representative office in Taicang and the signing of a new batch of German scientific innovation projects. To further support the internationalization of local firms, the Taicang Enterprise Overseas Service Center was officially unveiled, alongside a dedicated matchmaking session for Chinese companies expanding into global markets. Furthermore, State Grid Taicang Power Supply Company presented its latest initiatives in Green Compliance and Environmental Sustainability, a presentation that received widespread acclaim for aligning industrial power solutions with international ESG standards.
Taicang’s strategic appeal is rooted in its premier location adjacent to Shanghai and its world-class infrastructure. Situated within a 30-minute commuting radius of central Shanghai, the city offers rapid access to Hongqiao Airport in 20 minutes and Pudong International Airport in just over an hour. Its maritime gateway, the Port of Taicang, features a 12.5-meter deep-water channel and ranks 8th in China and 20th globally, with an annual throughput exceeding 10 million TEUs. This logistics network supports a robust industrial ecosystem of over 5,000 enterprises, where 70% of vehicle components can be sourced locally.
Widely recognized as the “Home of German Enterprises” in China, Taicang now hosts over 560 German firms, including 60 “hidden champion” companies. This specialized cluster represents more than 10% of all German manufacturing enterprises in China. The city’s collaborative success is further evidenced by projects mentioned above in Chen Gao’s speech such as the Schaeffler Humanoid Robot Digital Factory and the Sino-German Taicang Zero-Carbon Park, and the Taicang Rhine-Neckar Innovation Center, all of which were included in the official achievement list of the German Chancellor’s visit to China.
To support its growing international community, Taicang has developed a sophisticated service ecosystem. The city’s Foreigner Service Center integrates 73 specialized services, supported by the “Hi Taicang” card which provides foreign residents with enhanced convenience in healthcare, education, and transportation. Complemented by cultural landmarks like the Rothenburg-themed street and authentic German bakeries, Taicang has created an environment where international partners can truly root themselves for long-term success.
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