United, We Can Be the Best!
Self-strengthening and bright virtue · united for the greater good — delivering quality solutions for our clients since 2003
Unibest was founded in Ningbo in September 2003 and is an international group built around pharmaceuticals. It is led byformulation R&D, manufacturing and sales, centered onR&D and manufacturing of APIs and their intermediates, bonded bypharma-chemical import/export, powered bylow-temperature supercritical (LTS) green technology, and levered byfinancial investment — integrating 'science–industry–trade–environment–investment' into one industrial model. Its business spans small molecules, biologics and complex formulations, serving customers and partners in over 50 countries and regions.
Name & Philosophy
Unibest's Chinese and English names are one with the company's mission, vision and values.
The characters 'You' (优, excellence) and 'De' (德, virtue) come from the I Ching: 'Heaven moves in strength; the gentleman strives unceasingly to strengthen himself. Earth is vast; the gentleman bears the world with virtue.' They mean a company that, while honoring commercial credit, delivers quality products and services to society. 'Bei' (贝) signifies that a business is run by people, who must operate with integrity and pursue win–win cooperation. The Chinese name 'Youbeide' is a phonetic rendering of Unibest — United, we can be the best, i.e. 'united for the greater good'.
Self-strengthening and bright virtue, united for the greater good — providing quality solutions to our clients.
To build Unibest into a first-class, respected international pharmaceutical enterprise.
Our values are woven into the seven letters of UNIBEST.
- UUnitedUnitedUnited as the foundation
- NNetworkedNetworkedNetworked as the bond
- IInnovativeInnovativeInnovation as the drive
- BBeyondBeyondBeyond as the standard
- EEfficientEfficientEfficiency as the goal
- SSatisfiedSatisfiedSatisfaction as the purpose
- TTechnologicalTechnologyTechnology as the means
Brand Identity
One mark, seven values — understand the mark, and you understand Unibest.
The Unibest mark is drawn with one unbroken ribbon. Its four pillars are cylindrical capsules — the body of the pharmaceutical industry. At the centre the ribbon gathers into a hexagon — a benzene ring, the technical base on which we built our business in intermediate synthesis. Above and below it lifts a heart — our commitment to human health, and the original intent behind customer satisfaction. And the whole ribbon joins end to end, weaving over and under itself — a Möbius strip: technology without end, innovation without a finish line. The gradient from violet-blue to magenta is the highest-energy colour there is, and it stands for efficiency; the ribbon reaches outward, past the boundary, and Beyond hides in that movement. So one mark holds all seven of Unibest's core values — United, Networked, Innovative, Beyond, Efficient, Satisfied, Technological — and writes two sentences: self-strengthening and bright virtue, united for the greater good; United, we can be the best!
Seven values, one sentence: make yourself strong and your conduct upright, then bring everyone together to do the best work there is.
Figure 1 · Decoding the mark
Numbers match the notes on the right; the dashed violet ring is the single ribbon that runs through the whole mark.
- Four capsulesThe pharmaceutical industry
Four cylindrical capsules are the mark's four pillars. The capsule is the plainest symbol pharma has, and it is our starting point: every capability and every idea must finally land on curing patients.
- Central hexagon (benzene ring)Technology
At the centre the ribbon gathers into a hexagon — a benzene ring, the language of chemistry. Unibest began in intermediate synthesis, and the ring is our technical base: technology as the means, written not in slogans but in the molecular structure and process route of every product.
- Two hearts, above and belowCustomer satisfaction
The ribbon lifts a heart at the top and another at the bottom. Healthcare takes heart; for a customer, heart means giving them confidence, ease and satisfaction — and building the business together. That is why Unibest exists, and why satisfaction is one of our values.
- The Möbius strip (four-pillar ring)Innovation · United · Networked
The four pillars are woven into one continuous Möbius strip: no beginning and no end — technology that never stands still, innovation with no finish line. The four bands interlace and hold each other up — that is United, and that is Networked. One ring, three values.
- Violet gradientEfficient · Beyond
The gradient from violet-blue #514FB9 to magenta #BB29BC is the highest-energy colour and stands for efficiency; the ribbon extends outward and breaks the boundary — Beyond is never spelled out, it lives in the movement of the form.
The mark and the values
Seven letters, seven values — and every one of them can be pointed to inside the mark.
- Letter · valueWhere it lives in the markHow we read it
- UUnitedUnitedFour capsules threaded by one ribbonOne person walks fast; a group walks far. United is the ground floor, and the first meaning of united for the greater good.
- NNetworkedNetworkedBands interlacing into a meshFrom intermediates to APIs, from China to the world: the more nodes, the more the network is worth. We run a network, not just a stack of orders.
- IInnovativeInnovativeThe Möbius strip, with no start and no endTechnology never stands still; innovation has no finish line, only the next starting point.
- BBeyondBeyondThe ribbon reaching past the boundaryMeeting the specification is not the end: every delivery is measured against exceeding expectation.
- EEfficientEfficientViolet — the highest-energy colourFewer steps, shorter cycles, higher yields. Efficiency is the goal.
- SSatisfiedSatisfiedThe two hearts, above and belowOnly with heart is there long-term thinking; a satisfied customer is the measure we actually watch.
- TTechnologicalTechnologyThe benzene-ring hexagon at the centreWe came from intermediate synthesis. Technology is the means, and the reason we dare to promise.
Verbal identity (VIS)
Turning what the mark means into the way we speak every day.
An international pharmaceutical company built on intermediate-synthesis technology, whose delivery is simple: to make the molecule and take the product to market.
Better medicines, sooner. We go deep on technology, steady on delivery and end to end on the chain. We do not invent concepts; we shorten distances.
Give us a molecule and we return a deliverable process route; give us a market and we return an executable entry plan. Promises are written into milestones, not into speeches.
Rational, steady, warm. We speak with data and delivery rather than slogans — professional without being cold, firm without being hard, like a long-term partner who understands both chemistry and business.
Use: self-strengthening and bright virtue · united for the greater good / never standing still / from intermediates to innovative drugs / United, we can be the best! Avoid: unverifiable claims such as the biggest, the first, the absolute leader.
Primary colour is the gradient #514FB9 to #BB29BC; the wordmark uses the standard Unibest typeface and must not be stretched on its own. Clear space around the mark is never less than a quarter of its height; no added frames, shadows or extra outlines, and never reverse the gradient direction.
Our Journey
From chemical trading to a group spanning R&D, manufacturing, trade, environmental protection and investment.
- 2003Unibest Founded
Started with chemical trading and built the first supply-chain base in Ningbo.
- 2007Shanghai Unibest Biopharma Established
A strategic upgrade toward in-house pharma R&D and know-how accumulation.
- 2009Invested in Shanghai Qinlong Chemical (CDMO base)
Closed the industry-chain loop with integrated R&D, manufacturing and sales.
- 2012Took a stake in Xi'an Caijing Optoelectronics
Entered the pharmaceutical-materials field.
- 2013Ningbo Aide Future Pharma Tech Founded
Focused on early-stage biopharma projects.
- 2015Invested in Guangzhou Taqing Environmental
Applied green technology to upgrade chemical and pharma production.
- 2018Invested in Shenzhen Aoki Biopharma
Built a dual track in improved new drugs and drug-delivery systems.
- 2019Three Technology Platforms Launched
Shanghai Unibest Biopharma (advanced intermediates), Zhejiang Tize Pharmaceuticals (AI drug design + continuous flow), and Nanjing Yidao Biopharma (macromolecule LNP delivery).
- 2022SingaPharma Launched in Singapore
Built an Asia-Pacific platform for pharma import and licensing.
- 2023Auckland, New Zealand Business Center
A new overseas base for Asia-Pacific market expansion.
- 2024Paris and New York Business Centers
A Europe–US dual-core structure covering European market access and North American commercialization resources.
- 2025New Global Headquarters Opened
Opening a new chapter in the company's international expansion.
Group Structure
Unibest is organized in four tiers — industrial investment & holding platform → overseas business platform → core operating entity → business subsidiaries — with the holding platform making outbound investments and the operating entity facing customers. The tiers and division of work below are publicly disclosed.
The import/export and order fulfillment of small- and large-molecule drugs is the group's central business, covering OTC and finished formulations, the veterinary market, and the API & intermediate pipeline to end markets. The operating entity is the single point of contact for global customers and order fulfillment.
- · 宁波优贝德国际医药科技
- · 中国香港 Unibest（跨境结算）
- · 新加坡 SingaPharma（进口与授权）
R&D and manufacturing of APIs and key intermediates is the group's manufacturing core and the industrial base of this site's API & intermediate supply network.
- · 上海优贝德生物医药
- · 上海秦龙化学（CDMO 基地）
- · 湖南科瑞生物医药
- · 江苏威尔医药科技股份
Handles in-licensing of biologics and small-molecule drugs and conversion of overseas registration rights, with cross-border settlement and regional authorization via the Hong Kong and Singapore platforms.
- · 宁波爱德福特医药科技
- · 道一生物医药
Formulation, encapsulation and lyophilization process development for macromolecule LNP delivery systems, corresponding to this site's in-licensing pipeline and novel-formulation business.
- · 上海道一臻合生物科技（LNP 递送）
A dual-track of formulation R&D, manufacturing and sales, holding MAH qualification with a university joint research institute supporting formulation and process development.
- · 深圳奥祺生物医药
- · 深圳欣祺医药科技
- · 中国药科大学–奥祺生物医药联合研究院
Uses green technologies such as low-temperature supercritical (LTS) to cut emissions, effluents, waste and energy use, and runs healthcare-related business — the environmental pillar of the 'science–industry–trade–environment–investment' model.
- · 广州踏青环保（LTS 低温超临界）
- · 路青医疗健康
The above is a publicly disclosed overview of the structure. Shareholding ratios, intra-group transactions and settlement arrangements are not public; for due diligence they can be provided through the proper process after a CDA is signed.
Management Team
A blended background spanning the pharmaceutical industry, multinationals and capital markets.
25 years in global chemical trade and biopharma investment; founded Unibest and several companies and holds strategic equity in multiple biopharma firms; professor at the School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, and the School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang University of Technology; EMBA from CEIBS.
21 years in management, operations and asset listing; former senior manager of project operations at Roche, technical marketing director at Fujifilm Wako, and founder of the WuXi Biologics Suzhou site (CMAB); PhD in Pharmaceutical Management from the University of Otago, Master of Pharmacy from the University of Auckland.
Graduated from Zhejiang University in 1997 and one of Unibest's three founders; over 20 years in pharma, with partnerships across 20+ globally known drug companies, leading the business's expansion from Pharma to Biopharma.
Joined Unibest in 2009 and is a company partner; 16+ years of hands-on pharma experience and 8+ years in operations and team management at Fortune Global 500 firms; leads the API-intermediate CDMO business; MBA from Fudan University.
Qualifications & Compliance
ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certified by SGS in 2005; manufacturing organized under cGMP.
Supports authoring and lifecycle maintenance of registration files such as DMF / CEP, covering CP / DCP / MRP / National pathways.
The team has cumulatively contributed to 16 NDA / BLA and 100+ IND filings, spanning the US, Europe, Japan and Korea, the Gulf and South Asia.
Initial screening of dual-use items and ECCN, and sanctions-list screening (OFAC SDN / EU / UN); transactions with sanctioned regions or high-potency items are always routed to manual review.
No process, sequence, real customer name or exact price is shown before a CDA is signed; data-room access is fully logged.
Integrates the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into operations, covering environmental stewardship, social responsibility and business-ethics compliance.
How We Deliver
From first contact to a compliant deal, Unibest takes the whole project asa single accountable party: product search, buyer reverse-matching, registration-pathway assessment, credit and sanctions screening, and the CDA data room — linked into one chain. Cooperation takes three escalating tiers —Trade (spot supply), Program (project development) and Tech Transfer — starting with the smallest order to prove delivery discipline before deeper project commitment.
Contact Us
Ningbo, China (Group Global HQ)
Hong Kong · Singapore · Auckland, New Zealand · Paris · New York
Initiate an inquiry or RFQ on the platform, and the regional business and compliance team will follow up.
The information on this page is compiled from the group's public disclosures for introductory purposes; the organizational structure is a public-tier overview and does not constitute any investment or cooperation offer.