Me standing in the lobby of the pharmaceutical company
Xiang-Xue Pharmaceutical CO., LTD. (香雪制药股份有限公司) was started in Guang-Zhou city (广洲) on December 29, 1997. This company work as a research-based pharmaceutical and medicine industry, which combine western pharmaceuticals, biomedical and medicinal plant engineering. It uses its advanced technology to create an all-in-one modern standard high-tech pharmaceutical enterprise. It focuses on the production of aerosols, tablets, hard capsules, granules, oral liquid, adhesives, and oral solution.
The facilities of Xiang-Xue Pharmaceutical cover 57,00 square feet. Within other parts of Guang-Zhou, there are also more medicine related facilities being build. In order to insure top quality operation, the company installed its own fingerprint quality control system. In year 2003, this company played an important role in supporting the necessary medicine during the SARS breakout. During year 2006, Xiang-Xue introduced a new product called “supernatant herbal tea drink”. This drink is especially beneficial during hot summer days, as it helps prevent heat stroke. Our group was actually fortunate enough to try one can each; I actually quite enjoyed the taste, it was refreshing.
In year 2007, Xiang-Xue collaborated with Cambridge University in United Kingdom and conducted intensive medicine research. For example, they experimented with possible cure medicine (bandage/pain-patch looking) for people with Alzheimer’s. Due to the collaboration, Xiang-Xue was soon recognized as the most advanced pharmaceutical company in China.
In year 2008, after five years of intensive research, Xiang-Xue’s “Anti-bacteria oral solution” (抗病毒口服液) passed health inspection and received government approval to be marketed. During the Xiang-Xue corporate visit last week, Xiang-Xue’s “Anti-bacteria oral solution” was introduced by the management team as the number one medicine product in Asia. The “Anti-bacteria oral solution,” is used for cooling blood detoxification, sore throat, and general nasual infections. This product was also quoated by the Price Management department of Guangdong as a "high-quality product at a competitive price”.
On April 15, 2009, Xiang-Xue Pharmacuetical entered into an agreement with the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee, officially signed on as the "Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games drug suppliers." This served as a huge boost to the companies image, as it was advertised heavily throughout the duration of the Asian Games.
One thing that stood out to me during the introduction meeting was the difference between Western medicine (西药) and Chinese medicine (中药). As you probably already know, Western medicine is normally only consumed during the period when a person is ill. However, Chinese medicine can be taken daily to improve your immune system, and it can also be taken before, during, or after the person is ill. In other words, Chinese medicine focuses on providing a person with a healthier life style around the clock, whereas, the Western medicine only focuses on providing a person with a healthy solution when it is desperately needed. The difference between the two types of medicine clearly resembles why more Americans are obese, and have a shorter lifespan; compared to Asians, who tend to live a longer and healthier life, because they take care of themselves, daily, whereas, the Americans only look after themselves once they are already sick.
During the “questions and answers” section of the meeting, I raised a question: “Although the products manufactured by Xiang-Xue are currently only sold in China, do you think Xiang-Xue will be able to market its Chinese medicine to the Western market?” The project manager responded: “even though Chinese medicine is still fairly new in the Western market, but is confident that in the near future, Xiang-Xue’s number-one product, “Anti-bacteria oral solution”, will be sold well in both Europe and America.”
Briefly after the introduction meeting on Xiang-Xue, we were escorted through their facilities and to their dining hall. However, it was not an ordinary dinning hall, it was more like a five-star restaurant. The waiters and waitresses were pleasant and diligent on delivering our high quality healthy herbal lunch. It was the first time in the four weeks of being in China that I had a “family-style” meal that did not turn my face into a grease ball. The meal ranged from, “flower pork soup”, fish served with mango, 山药 (literally meaning Mountain Medicine) wrapped with bacon, tofu with mushrooms, sweet & sour chicken, to herbal jelly for desert.
Overall, this lunch was one of the best lunches I have had during my stay in China. It is quite outstanding how a pharmaceutical company can not only produce top quality products, but also at the same time provide a great dining experience for its employees and visitors. There are not many companies that can meet both of the above criteria’s. This visit of the Xiang-Xue Pharmaceutical CO., LTD. was by far the best enriching experience I have received from a company visit.
"The #1, Anti-bacteria oral solution" [Hair nets was required for the company tour]
The top right is yam with wrapped bacon and bottom left is tofu.
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