The 2026 Galderma South China CEO Summit was recently held, convening nearly one hundred leading companies and agencies across the medical aesthetics industry to discuss emerging trends and future opportunities. Carol Cai, boutique head of cbh(Consumer & Big Health) at Illuminera, was invited to deliver a keynote speech on the theme “A Review and Outlook on China’s Medical Aesthetics Market”.
With the continuous expansion of the market scale, China’s medical aesthetics industry is entering a new phase characterized by standardized competition and long-term, high-quality development. Industry players are undergoing a profound shift—from rapid-and-unregulated expansion to refined-and-thoughtful growth. In this evolving environment, enterprises must navigate several pressing questions:
How to respond to increasingly stringent regulatory oversight?
How to identify true differentiation and innovation within product categories?
How to gain solid insights into the genuine motivations of consumers?
How to collaborate with industry partners more effectively to optimize the business models?
Carol Cai delivered a presentation
To answer these business questions, Carol provided a structured analysis on both the opportunities and the risks facing China’s medical aesthetics market. She emphasized that enterprises must strengthen their “internal capabilities” by sharpening core competitiveness, exploring new possibilities for product innovation, and capturing consumers’ evolving aesthetic aspirations and decision-making journeys with precision.
Meanwhile, companies need evolve their “external strategies”—adapting to macro-policy shifts, continuously enhancing collaboration with upstream manufacturers, and fostering greater synergy across the broader ecosystem.
Professionalism, innovation, and value creation will remain the core drivers of long term success in this market. Leveraging its deep industry expertise and forward-looking consumer insights, Illumienra is committed to assisting clients in strengthening their presence in the medical aesthetics sector and exploring sustainable growth pathways with industry partners.
For more information, please contact : marketing@illuminera.com
