{"id":72733,"date":"2026-07-30T04:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=72733"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:30:09","slug":"how-chinas-beauty-brands-are-using-ai-to-turbocharge-the-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=72733","title":{"rendered":"How China\u2019s beauty brands are using AI to turbocharge the industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/29\/b971859d-fb6e-42b0-ad8a-3d475cc22012_25800096.jpg?itok=CUhdzkn3&amp;v=1785305491\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Shortly before China\u2019s Singles\u2019 Day shopping festival last autumn, beauty company Yatsen launched a new serum featuring PDRN, one of skincare\u2019s hottest regenerative ingredients.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">What shoppers did not see was how quickly it reached shelves. Yatsen used artificial intelligence to compress a development cycle that typically takes more than two years into just six months, including helping researchers narrow more than 50 ingredient candidates to three in a single week.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">AI is rapidly reshaping <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">China\u2019s beauty industry<\/span> by shrinking every stage of product development. Local companies are using it to sift through millions of social media posts for emerging trends, discover new cosmetic ingredients with biotechnology partners, and bring products to market in months, rather than years.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As growth slows in the world\u2019s second-largest beauty market, domestic brands are turning to AI to close the innovation gap with global rivals. Mainland companies account for 57 per cent of China\u2019s cosmetics sales, according to the China Association of Fragrance, Flavour and Cosmetic Industries, but still trail foreign brands in the premium segment.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWestern brands currently bring more AI horsepower to discovery and validation,\u201d says Adam Knight, co-founder of Yaso, a platform helping Western beauty brands enter China. \u201cChinese brands bring more speed from lab to shelf.\u201d<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">China\u2019s uniquely digital consumer market is accelerating that transformation. <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Live streams<\/span>, e-commerce platforms and social media generate a constant stream of consumer data, allowing brands to quickly identify emerging demand and rapidly feed those insights into product development.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/fashion-beauty\/article\/3362224\/how-chinas-beauty-brands-are-using-ai-turbocharge-industry?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly before China\u2019s Singles\u2019 Day shopping festival last autumn, beauty company Yatsen launched a new serum featuring PDRN, one of skincare\u2019s hottest regenerative ingredients. 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