The sun is shining brightly, and innovation is surging. In the past July, Gu Yu took another substantial step in implementing the strategic concept of "more suitable for Chinese people". The 5th Guyu Innovation Raw Materials Conference and the "Chinese Skin and Constitution Raw Materials Co Creation Plan" were successfully launched in 2026.

The core positioning of this event is collaborative scientific research and innovation in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. It brings together high-quality domestic raw material suppliers and research teams, and conducts in-depth dialogue and innovative exploration in the field of industry university research around new characteristic active raw materials that are suitable for Chinese skin and physique. This also marks the deepening of Guyu's scientific research strategy towards the raw material innovation end, following the establishment of the "Chinese Skin and Fitness Science Research Center" in May this year and the completion of basic research layout. A complete innovation chain from "platform construction data precipitation raw material research" is accelerating its formation

Reshaping the industrial collaboration model and driving exclusive raw material research among Chinese people through innovative mechanisms

Different from the commonly used raw material supplier selection model in the industry, in the past five years, Guyu has been committed to building a platform for dialogue between industry, academia, and research on raw materials. Through previous innovative raw material exchange conferences, it has reached deep cooperation with more than 60 institutions, of which more than 20 have successfully achieved the transformation of achievements from "laboratory" to "dressing table", and provided real power from the front line of the industry for the continuous sedimentation of Chinese skin research.

On this basis, this year Guyu has upgraded the raw material exchange meeting to a "co creation plan". The core of this upgrade lies in the fact that Guyu is no longer just a downstream user of raw materials, but uses its accumulated Chinese skin big data, scientific research infrastructure, and industrialization capabilities as an open platform to jointly anchor research and development directions, share research and development investment, and share innovative achievements with upstream raw material enterprises. For raw material companies participating in co creation, this also means that their R&D is supported by demographic data from end brands and validated in application scenarios from the beginning of project initiation, greatly shortening the conversion cycle from laboratory to commercialization.

It is worth noting that Guyu provides multi-dimensional empowerment and support, including new research and development, commercialization, and capital, to the raw material enterprises selected for the "Co Creation Plan". This includes: first, co creation project fees, where Gu Yu invests real money in joint research and development to reduce the risk of early-stage research and development for raw material enterprises; The second is exclusive cooperation, where selected raw materials can be bound with exclusive usage rights of Guyu, ensuring that the innovative achievements of partners are fully protected and commercially rewarded; Thirdly, the product pipeline is directly connected, and the selected raw materials can quickly enter the development process of the three major product pipelines of Guyu Cosmetics, Scientific Nutrition Oral, and Innovative Drugs, bypassing the traditional lengthy supplier import cycle; The fourth is the long-term cooperation pool, where high-quality partners will be included in the strategic level long-term cooperation system of Guyu, enjoying sustainable project opportunities and resource allocation; The fifth is the capital acceleration channel, relying on the ecological resources of the Guyu industry to connect and provide capital support for potential raw material enterprises, and help them develop their business on a large scale.This systematic upgrade design makes the co creation plan different from the general selection of raw material suppliers, but instead constructs a complete value loop from scientific research projects to industrial transformation, from commercial implementation to capital empowerment.

After the launch of the "Co Creation Plan" recruitment, more than 220 companies from various fields including synthetic biology, nucleic acid intervention, supramolecular chemical delivery, recombinant peptides and proteins have applied, which is a significant increase compared to previous years. At the same time, the event divided the "Chinese Skin Research Project" and "Chinese Physical Fitness Research Project" into a special session for cosmetic raw materials and a special session for health product raw materials. Participating raw material companies shared their technical routes and core active ingredient research and development progress, covering cutting-edge technology fields such as cell energy and anti-aging new paths, precision skincare and gene level intervention, barrier science and light damage defense, and precise development of natural product molecules. The research team of Guyu has conducted in-depth exchanges with raw material enterprises on key dimensions such as raw material adaptability, process feasibility, mass production cost, and human safety. In this way, participating raw material enterprises and institutions can conduct targeted research and development in response to the differentiated needs of Chinese skin and physique in the industry university research closed-loop system established by Guyu, breaking through the industry inertia of relying on data from European and American populations to develop raw materials, and achieving precise docking between raw material research and local consumer demand.

Core raw materials enter harvest period, rare ginsenosides CK opens up cross track applications

While actively promoting the co creation and research and development of new raw materials, Guyu's core raw material matrix with independent intellectual property rights, which has been established for many years, is also reaping the harvest, providing a solid technical foundation and commercial support for the brand's strategic expansion in the next decade.

At the "Biomedical Industry Innovation and Development Forum" held by Gu Yu in May this year, Gu Yu proposed to "reuse core raw materials and key technologies in the three tracks of cosmetics, scientific nutrition oral administration, and innovative drugs with one R&D investment, and drive growth with hard core technology and product strength". In response to this strategic trend, rare ginsenoside CK, one of the core raw materials developed by Guyu, has achieved overtaking in corners and become a benchmark material for cross track layout applications.

With the support of "intelligent enzyme biomimetic biosynthesis technology", Gu Yu has achieved high-purity mass production of rare ginsenoside CK through AI screening technology, and has made milestone progress in compliance certification and mechanism research. Among them, in terms of compliance certification, in May 2025, Guyu completed the industry's first rare ginsenoside cosmetic new raw material filing (filing number: Guozhuang Yuanbei Zi 20250059), marking Guyu's leading compliance breakthrough in this raw material domestically. In April 2026, Gu Yu Rare Ginsenoside CK obtained the DMF Class II filing from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) again (filing number: 043987), which means that the production process and quality standards of this raw material have been recognized by the international drug level regulatory system, providing a compliance basis for expanding the application of scientific and healthy oral and innovative drugs. At present, the raw material is also undergoing preclinical research in China.

In terms of mechanism research, after Gu Yu and Xiamen University jointly built the "Xiamen University Guyu Biomedical Joint Research Center" in 2025, and Lin Shengcai, an academician of the CAS Member, served as the director of the center, Gu Yu actively worked with Lin Shengcai's team to carry out innovative research in the field of biomedicine. Among them, the rare ginsenoside CK has been preliminarily verified by the academician team to activate the AMPK longevity pathway through lysosomal pathways, possessing overall anti-aging functions, which is highly in line with the collaborative research direction of "skin type+constitution" in Guyu. And this discovery has also opened up a clear scientific path for the raw material to extend from skincare products to scientific and healthy oral administration, and even innovative drug development. Gu Yu also stated at the previous press conference that with rare ginsenoside CK and technology as the efficacy pivot, it is expected to achieve brand and product landing in the direction of scientific nutrition oral administration within this year.

At the same time, Gu Yu's other two mature self-developed raw materials are also continuously releasing their value. Relying on the "melt crystallization purification technology", Guyu has pushed the purity of licorice extract to the highest level in the industry at 99%, and achieved deep penetration and precise binding of the unique MC1R receptor on the surface of melanocytes through 28 nanometer encapsulation technology and targeted delivery technology, comprehensively improving whitening efficacy. With years of investment in this raw material, Guyu not only accounts for the majority of global use of Guanggancao Ding, but also has achieved overwhelming advantages in consumer mentality, technology, and upstream and downstream industry chains, making Guyu's Guanggancao Ding an indispensable scientific solution for "Chinese whitening".

Based on the "intelligent gene level target screening technology", Gu Yu will launch the Cytokine HME in 2025 ™， It has also become the industry's first fully compliant artificial biomimetic extracellular vesicle. This raw material accurately simulates the structure and function of human derived extracellular vesicles through compliant ingredients in the cosmetic ingredient catalog and AI screening, avoiding multiple risks of human derived extracellular vesicles. Through multiple efficacy verifications, it can effectively activate young epidermal stem cells and reduce aging cells.At present, this raw material is not only maturely applied to the secretion of HME from cereal rain cells ™ Among the series of products, more importantly, at the in cosmetics Global in Paris, which is hailed as the "Oscar of the raw material industry" this year, the HME of cytokines was released ™ Not only did it make its debut at the exhibition with Aurora Licorice and Rare Ginsenoside CK, but it also became the most popular and inquired raw material, receiving multiple cooperation intentions from customers in Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

The full chain scientific research system from "laying the foundation" to "building high-rise buildings" injects structural momentum into the industry

Looking back at Gu Yu's scientific research layout and actions since 2026, its strategic path has become clear. Against the backdrop of the long-term lack of basic research support for local populations in the Chinese skincare industry, Gu Yu established the "Chinese Skin and Physical Science Research Center" in May this year, taking the lead in systematically building a skin research infrastructure that belongs to the Chinese people themselves, providing the underlying scientific basis for all targeted product development and raw material innovation in the future. This has also been interpreted by the industry as a "foundation laying" move to fill the gap in industry basic research.

The launch of the "co creation plan" for raw materials is a crucial step in promoting the transformation of basic research results into the industrial sector. For a long time, the global skin research system has relied heavily on samples from European and American populations, making it difficult to match the unique skin characteristics of Chinese people, such as thin stratum corneum, sensitivity, high incidence of pigmentation, and synchronous appearance of aging both inside and outside. The mismatch between raw material research and local population demand is a long-standing structural problem in the industry. Using its accumulated data assets and research capabilities as leverage, Gu Yu is expected to transfer the "demand definition right" of raw material development back to China, and explore an independent and controllable full chain for the industry from basic research to raw material innovation, and then to end products.

More importantly, Gu Yu chose to promote this process through an open platform rather than closed research and development. On the basis of building a dynamic operational sample database of 50000 people and accumulating over 1.6 million skin research indicators, Gu Yu established the "Chinese Skin and Physical Science Research Center" and conducted related research projects, with the aim of providing an industry shareable foundation for "evidence-based research and development" and "scientific standardization". And this "co creation plan" also follows this idea, actively inviting upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry chain to participate together. This combination model of "infrastructure+open ecology" not only accelerates the expansion of Guyu's own raw material pipeline, but also has the potential to promote the domestic cosmetics raw material industry from decentralized research and development to collaborative innovation, from relying on imported raw materials to independent and controllable, providing a reference path for the entire industry to complete the structural upgrading of scientific research paradigms.

At present, the "co creation plan" for this raw material is still being continuously promoted. With the accelerated release of cross track value of mature raw materials and the collaborative construction of new raw material pipelines, a domestic raw material innovation system based on the needs of the Chinese population and driven by the integration of industry, academia and research is taking shape.