On September 27, 2019, Herbalife announced that it will establish the Herbalife China Product Innovation Center in Shanghai. It will be Herbalife's first product innovation center in the world and is the latest move to penetrate the Chinese market.

Herbalife China Product Innovation Center aims to rapidly transform the most cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements in the field of nutrition science into nutritional health products, while strengthening local innovation and R&D capabilities. After the product innovation center was put into operation, Herbalife expects to double the number of new products put on the market within five years, and make the center a world-class nutrition science and technology incubation center.

Dr. Zheng Qunyi, Senior Vice President of Herbalife Global and Chairman of Herbalife China, said: “The arrival of Herbalife's first global product innovation center in Shanghai demonstrates our confidence and long-term commitment to the Chinese market. We will continue to strengthen R&D and product innovation capabilities, promoting the development and marketing of new products suitable for Chinese consumers effectively and quickly, and also provide the public with quality, nutritious and rigorous science-based products. In the future, Herbalife looks forward to building on its leadership in sports nutrition as well as personalized nutrition while maintaining a leading position in weight management."

The Herbalife China Product Innovation Center is part of the 700 million-yuan “China Influence Development Investment Plan” announced in 2018. With a total investment of nearly 100 million yuan over the next three years, the first phase will cover an area of about 2,000 square meters. The construction began in November 2019 and is scheduled to be completed and put into use in the third quarter of 2020.

Since the establishment of it’s first factory in China in 1998, Herbalife has been committed to continuously increase investment in local R&D and product innovation. And Herbalife has four R&D centers in China so far, including its Asia-Pacific R&D headquarters in Shanghai, the plant material R&D center in Changsha, and two production technology R&D centers in Nanjing and Suzhou.

The Chinese Source:

康寶萊全球首家產品創新中心將落戶中國

2019年9月27日，康寶萊宣布將在中國上海設立“康寶萊中國產品創新中心”。該中心是康寶萊全球首家產品創新中心，也是康寶萊深耕中國市場的最新舉措。

康寶萊中國產品創新中心旨在將營養科學領域最前沿的科技成果，快速轉化為營養健康產品上市，同時強化本土創新研發能力。產品創新中心投運后，康寶萊期望在五年內實現新產品上市數量翻倍，新產品開發提速翻倍，并將該中心打造成世界一流的營養科學技術孵化中心。

康寶萊全球高級副總裁、康寶萊中國區董事長鄭群怡博士表示：“康寶萊全球首家產品創新中心落戶中國上海體現了康寶萊對中國市場的信心和長期承諾。我們將持續強化研發和產品創新能力，高效、快速地推動適合中國消費者的新產品的開發和上市，向公眾提供優質、營養、以嚴謹的科學為依據的產品。未來，康寶萊將在保持體重管理領域領先地位的同時，期待在運動營養和個性化營養領域有所建樹?！?/span>

康寶萊中國產品創新中心是康寶萊2018年宣布設立的7億元“中國影響力發展投資計劃”的組成部分，未來三年總投資額近1億元人民幣，首期占地面積約2000平方米，將于2019年11月開始建設，計劃2020年第三季度落成并投入使用。

自1998年在華設立第一家工廠以來，康寶萊始終致力于持續加大本土研發和產品創新方面的投入力度。目前，康寶萊在中國區共有四家研發中心，包括位于上海的亞太區研發總部、位于長沙的植物原料研發中心和位于南京、蘇州的兩家生產技術研發中心。