Nick Liu is a passionate serial entrepreneur and business strategy expert with over 10 years of entrepreneurial and management experience in China's internet and technology sectors. His core competencies include commercial execution, large-scale user growth, B-channel expansion, resource integration, and digital transformation in the healthcare industry.
Throughout his entrepreneurial journey, he has demonstrated both technical development capabilities and multi-sector scaling expertise. In 2014, he founded a technology development company, laying a strong foundation in system architecture. In 2016, he co-founded a payment platform, achieving a transaction volume of RMB 10 billion and accumulating 300,000 users. He then moved into the food & beverage SaaS space, expanding to over 100,000 merchants and gaining deep experience in merchant operations and channel management. In 2022, he entered the digital collectibles sector, leading a project that generated over RMB 100 million in revenue and reached one million users. These experiences have given him a profound understanding of the full lifecycle of business—from 0 to 1 and from 1 to scale.
In 2025, he founded Chang Xiang Kang, focusing on the R&D and commercialization of AI-powered smart devices for the four TCM diagnostic methods. He is dedicated to deeply integrating cutting-edge AI technology with traditional Chinese medicine diagnostics, connecting his products directly with hospitals, nursing homes, and other real-world scenarios. He has led the team to rapidly build a product ecosystem and channel partnership network, driving smart upgrades and multi-party resource collaboration in the healthcare industry.
Liu Chao is also an active industry observer and advocate. In recent years, he has focused on the implementation of TCM intelligence, senior healthcare services, and AI medical device applications. He has participated in and moderated numerous industry conferences and strategic forums, offering unique insights into the future trends of health technology. He brings extensive cross-sector entrepreneurial and large-scale operational experience, and is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English.
Focusing on high-potential consumer groups such as young mothers, the “new silver generation,” and pet-owning households, this panel will examine real-life usage scenarios and the decision logic behind everyday consumption, and explore how products based on food-medicine ingredients can be better positioned and communicated. Bringing together academic researchers and industry practitioners, the discussion will also address how traditional Chinese medicine principles, modern food technology, and product development can work together in practice, while bridging gaps between R&D, distribution channels, and data feedback.