Lin Qingxuan fined ¥21,234 for calling two serums its 'anti-aging expert'

Lin Qingxuan, the Chinese botanical-skincare brand built around its founder 孙来春 and its camellia story, ran two advertising light boxes in its Beijing store at 富力广场 from early September to 23 October 2024 calling itself the '山茶花抗老修护专家' (the camellia anti-aging repair expert).

The Beijing Chaoyang District Market Supervision Administration ruled the claim unsupported. The two products it pointed to — the 山茶花修护平衡精华肌底液 and the 山茶花抗皱修护精华油 — were cosmetics without demonstrated anti-aging efficacy, and the three documents the company submitted to back the claim came from bodies the regulator found lacked the qualification to evaluate cosmetic efficacy, so their conclusions were rejected as unscientific.

In February 2025 the administration fined the company ¥21,234.50. The brand responded that it would 'attach great importance to this matter' and strengthen internal management and the standardisation of its promotion within a strict regulatory framework.

The point was sharpened by the founder's own role: 孙来春 also served as vice-chair of the 中国抗衰老促进会化妆品产业分会, a body with a business link to the brand whose expert assessment the regulator set aside. The fine was the first public blemish on a brand that had marketed itself on heritage and 22 years of clean standing.