Yung-Hsiang Lin (Yong Xiang Lin)

Yung-Hsiang Lin is the man behind TCI Biotech Group., a leading biotechnology company in Taiwan, promoting the concept of Integrated Bioscience Design as a basis for product development. The company manufactures high performance healthcare products, nutrient foods and skin care products such as biocellulose facial masks and essences, pet health care and precision medical care, and sells them to 63 countries around the world.

Lin has over 20 years of experience in the field of biotechnology and has been instrumental to the company’s innovation and transformation since he was appointed CEO in 2010 and took over as chairman in 2017. He invented a global biomining system, which uses less energy and produces fewer microbial by-products, with the goal of being at net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Due to the pandemic, the company also developed its own new crown pneumonia detection equipment called the QVS Virus Detection Platform, catering to airports across the world engaged in entry and exit testing.

Lin also established the Taiwan Biotech Alliance, leveraging the resources of the TCI Biotech Group, including 203 doctoral and master’s research and development experts, over 900 patent applications and an international sales network. The alliance aims to bring together benchmark companies in Taiwan’s biotech and medical fields, collectively pushing Taiwan’s biotech industry onto the international stage. It also supports the globalisation and industrial upgrading of various companies within the DaJiang Group. The group includes TCI BioTech, Maxigen Biotech Inc., TCI Genetics, TCI Life, IOPACKAGE and Petfood Biotechnology. Through strategic alliances and investment mergers throughout the industry chain, TCI Biotech Group continues to expand its industrial influence, moving toward becoming the world's number one.

In 2023, TCI Biotech participated in the prestigious Stevie Awards, winning several awards in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards programme, including the Gold Award for Outstanding Corporate Innovation, the Silver Award for Innovative Achievements in Science or Technology, the Bronze Award for Diversified and Inclusive Innovative Achievements and the Public’s Choice Award for Best Enterprise.