Since its incorporation in 1999, Harmonic Health Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd has strived to promote its Chinese medicine health-care and health- restoration services. Over the years, the company has diversified into the development and distribution of traditional Chinese health food, beauty & hair products, as well as the operation of Chinese medicine clinics specializing in health-care and health-restoration services.

Operations Manager Ms. Rita Lo noted nowadays the market is flooded with improper health-care and beauty products.

"Yet we are a company which works with conscience, and is dedicated in bringing reliable products and services to the industry and consumers. That is why we invest a lot in our R & D and quality, and are very cautious when choosing our business partners," elaborated Ms. Lo.

At the recent HKTDC Inno Design Tech Expo, Ms. Lo met up with a Japanese company which finds their expertise in beauty products enhanced by nano technology. With the all-rounded information provided by the HKTDC's business matching specialist at the preparatory stage, Ms. Lo already envisaged a right match before they met; and the prediction was proved correct after this elementary meeting.

"At this stage we are looking at two possibilities: leveraging on their technology to develop our brand, or utilizing their production capability to manufacture products of our own formula. We will go ahead to experiment on some samples before confirming our collaboration; most likely we will market these products at the beginning of 2010," continued Ms. Lo.

With many people being unfamiliar with traditional Chinese medicine, Ms. Lo was surprised by the proficiency of the HKTDC's business matching specialist in grasping the pulse of the industry, which was well illustrated in the exchange of preliminary information and the arrangement of the meeting.

"For many years I have come to IDT Expo just looking around; but this year is different -- this is a fruitful year for me as my anticipation is well met with a good, prospective business partner," concluded Ms. Lo.