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Vision

Committed to being the first-in-line and go-to partner for innovators and to becoming a top-ranking platform for health worldwide

Mission

Focusing on technology-driven innovation and societal transformation

What is VCBeat?

In 2014, China’s innovation and entrepreneurship sector experienced rapid growth, emerging as a key driver of economic transformation. Entrepreneurial activity surged, with roughly 10,000 new enterprises launched daily, while innovation capabilities strengthened, with annual R&D spending exceeding 2% of GDP. Enterprises took a leading role in innovation, and nearly 300,000 technological achievements were successfully transferred and commercialized.

VCBeat was founded in this vibrant environment, focusing on industrial innovation and technology-driven social transformation. We help companies navigate market entry, build strategic partnerships, and engage in key innovation ecosystems. VCBeat receives investments from several established institutions including Legend Capital (Lenovo), Baidu Venture (BV), HighLight Capital, Long Hill Capital, Yifang Group, and For Future Capital under BYHEALTH.
VCBeat is China's largest original contentsource in the fie ds of healthcare and lifesciences. It is also the most trusted mediaoutlet for corporate fundraising disclo-sures. With its mu tiple media channelsand extensive partnerships in health andfinance, VCBeat supports over 30 compa-nies with end-to-end communicationsfrom early-stage funding to IPO.
Powered by industrial big data, VBinsight, a branch of VCBeat, provides in-tegrated consulting services includingindustry research, planning. evaluation.and monitoring. It serves clients such asChina's National Health Commission andNationa Healthcare Security Adminis-tration, and has co-initiated various na-tional-level research projects.
VBEF is the organising branch of VCBeat for events and exhibitions. It is renowned for creating the Future Medical 100Forum and its industry-recognized, non-discretionaryFuture Medical 100 Ranking (VB100). VBEF offers compre-hensive solutions for market expansion and strategic re-sourcing. covering the full event lifecycle from planning toexecution. It works with more than 70 loca governmentsand platforms to offer consultations in support of regionalindustrial cluster development.

Datao Li

Founder

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As a pioneer in China’s healthcare innovation sector, Datao founded VCBeat in 2014. With a career spanning finance, policy research, and media, he brings a unique cross-industry perspective. He led the influential “Chunyu Doctor Deconstruction” report, which played a key role in advancing China’s early internet healthcare industry. Under his leadership, VCBeat has grown from an industry media outlet into a leading platform for healthcare intelligence and innovation.

Huiguang Liu

Co-founder & CEO

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Huiguang has over 20 years of experience in operations and management at China’s leading technology media groups. As CEO, he built VCBeat’s business and organizational structure from the ground up. His pragmatic management approach has been key to scaling the company, creating a sustainable platform that leverages in-depth industry content and research to serve the entire healthcare innovation ecosystem.

What VCBeat Does

Healthcare intelligence and media

VCBeat produces original healthcare and life sciences coverage, market analysis, funding disclosure coverage, and industry reporting across China's healthcare innovation landscape.

Research and consulting

Through VBinsight, VCBeat provides healthcare industry research, planning, evaluation, monitoring, and data-supported consulting for companies, institutions, and public-sector partners.

Market entry and partnerships

VCBeat supports global healthtech companies, investors, and institutions with China market entry, local partner discovery, ecosystem mapping, and strategic collaboration opportunities.

Events, rankings, and ecosystem engagement

Through VBEF and VB100, VCBeat operates healthcare innovation events, industry exhibitions, rankings, and ecosystem programs that connect companies, investors, governments, experts, and service providers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is VCBeat?

VCBeat is a China-focused healthcare innovation intelligence and ecosystem platform. It combines healthcare media, industrial research, advisory services, events, rankings, and ecosystem connections.

Who does VCBeat serve?

VCBeat serves global healthtech companies, multinational healthcare companies, investors, research institutions, public-sector partners, industrial parks, and healthcare innovation service providers.

How does VCBeat help global healthcare companies?

VCBeat helps global healthcare companies understand China's healthcare market, assess policy and investment opportunities, identify local partners, engage with ecosystem stakeholders, and build market-entry strategies.

What makes VCBeat credible in China's healthcare ecosystem?

VCBeat combines long-running healthcare media coverage, industry research, events, innovation rankings, government and platform collaboration, and a large network of healthcare companies, investors, experts, and institutions.

Milestones

2025
  • GBC Global Biomanufacturing Conference in Suzhou
  • The Future Medical & Pharma 100 Conference and Exhibition
2024
  • Eighth Future Medical 100 Conference rebranded as VBEF (Future Medical Ecosystem Fair) in Beijing
  • Indonesian Market Growth Program co-organized with Pashanhu Accelerator, Shinuo and PT Lumina Procare Meditech
2023
  • Opening of World Digital Therapeutics Conference in Haikou
  • Future Medical Technology Conference in Hefei, co-hosted by Hefei Municipal Government
  • Seventh Edition of Future Medical 100 Conference in Shanghai
2022
  • China Medical Device Global Roll-out Conference in Beijing
  • Semi-finals of Fourth Global Optometry Innovation & Entrepreneurship Challenge by China Eye Valley, Wenzhou
  • Sixth Edition of Future Medical 100 Conference online
2021
  • International Summit on Digital Therapeutics in Hangzhou
  • Fifith Edition of Future Medical 100 Conference in Suzhou
2020
  • First FOCUS 100 series report: Innovative Trends in Imaging-based FFR
  • Launch of VCBeat Orange database product
  • International Medical Device Innovation Summit in Gaochun, Nanjing
2019
  • Launch of "35Dou", a new media platform focused on innovation in agriculture and food
  • Medical Robotics Innovation Competition organised by VCBeat and co-hosted by Medtronic China Fund and BV Baidu Ventures
  • Strategic Study on the Development of Internet Hospitals in China (2030), invited by Chinese Academy of Engineering
  • FTC2019 China Cardiac Surgery Frontier Technology Forum
  • Fourth Edition of Future Medical 100 Conference in Beijing
  • Precision medicine consultancy for Fengdong New City in Xi'an
2018
  • National finals of the China Digital Health Innovation Competition (CDHIC)
  • The World Medical Technology Forum in Shanghai
  • Pre-A round funding from BV Baidu Ventures, HighLight Capital, For Future Capital under BYHEALTH, and Yifang Group
  • Third Edition of Future Medical 100 Forum in Beijing
  • AI Application Roadmap for the Health Commission of Xuhui District, Shanghai
2017
  • Angel investment from Legend Capital
  • China's first Forum on Innovation and Practice in Primary Healthcare in Chengdu
  • Presented the development of big data in healthcare to the National Health Commission
  • Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Conference in Wuhan
  • Second Edition of Future Medical 100 Forum in Beijing
2016
  • Healthcare Partner Program hosted by Pfizer China, Ping An, Tencent, and Legend Capital
  • Seed funding from Legend Capital, Legend Star, and Yishi Medical
  • China's first industry report on AI in healthcare: AI Healthcare Innovation Trends Report
  • China Internet Hospital White Paper co-published with Tencent Research Institute
  • First Edition of Future Medical 100 Forum in Beijing
2015
  • China's first published report on innovations in the medical imaging industry
  • Investment bootcamp with VC institutions such as Legend Star and BlueRun Ventures
  • China–US dialogue session at the CITS Summit
2014
  • VCBeat media founded and launched in Beijing
  • Influential nation-wide Full Data Report on Chunyu Doctor on digital healthcare