With the commitment to “performing duties from the heart”, Li Chung Shing Tong has continued to provide Chinese medicine that is simple, convenient, effective and extensive for therapeutic applications. For over a century, Li Chung Shing Tong has continued to develop and refine its products by constantly upgrading its production technology to ensure the highest quality and stringent safety controls. As the saying goes: “Where there is a Chinese community, there are Po Chai Pills®”, it is easy to understand why Po Chai Pills® have been a trusted family medicine and renowned around the world for generations. Looking back at this century-old brand’s history, Po Chai Pills® had achieved many significant milestones bearing witness to the brand’s evolution.
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1896 | Founder Lee Shau Kee opened Li Chung Shing Tong at Man Ming Lane of Foshan Ancestral Temple Street and created Po Chai Pills®. | ![]() |
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1910 | Business expanded with another outlet at Jianglan Road in Guangzhou. | ![]() |
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1920 | A plant was set up in Hong Kong with stringent quality control. | ||
1921 | A four-storey high outlet with living quarters at the back was set up at Bonham Strand East in Hong Kong. | ||
During Japanese occupation | Li Chung Shing Tong relocated its headquarters to beside the Connaught Aerated Water Company plant in Wanchai. | ||
1948 | Po Chai Pills® was exported to Southeast Asia. | ||
50s | Initially, Po Chai Pills® is available in boxes with 10 individual tubes, 10 wax paper packs and bottles with 200 pills each. | ||
70s | Po Chai Pills® began using colour packaging for its boxes using the Victoria Harbour as the cover design. In addition, German machines were imported to automise the packaging process. | ||
1971 |
Po Chai Pills® representative was named as Miss Hong Kong Festival. |
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1973 | Po Chai Pills® participated in the “Hong Kong Festival” with a parade float and dragon dance. | ![]() ![]() |
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80s-90s | Po Chai Pills® released an animated television advertisement with the classic slogan “Fret no more of sickness, if you have Po Chai Pills® by your side” which quickly caught on with the people. | ![]() ![]() |
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1996 |
Exhibitor at the Health Expo held at Victoria Park. |
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1998 and 2000 | Exhibitor at the HKBPE held at Tamar, Admiralty. | ![]() ![]() |
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2004 | Mainland version: name changed to Hong Kong Li Chung Shing Tong—Pu Ji Wan” | ![]() |
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2010 – 2013 | Ms Liza Wang was introduced as the first Brand Ambassador of Po Chai Pills® with a series of television advertisements featuring office and flight themes. | ||
2012 and 2013 | Exhibitor at the 47th and 48th HKBPE held at Victoria Park. | ![]() |
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2012 | Named Most Popular Quality Chinese Medicine Brand by the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Industry Association. | ||
2013 | New series of Super P animated television advertisements was released with the focus on diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, indigestion and cold symptoms. | ||
2013 | Named Hong Kong Super Brand by Superbrands and won the Customer’s Most Favourable Hong Kong Brands by China Enterprise Reputation & Credibility Association (Overseas) Ltd. | ||
2014 | Named as one of the Top Ten Consumer Brands in Hong Kong by China Post Trade Development Co. Ltd. and recommended as a product for travel. | ||
2014 | Li Chung Shing Tong (Group)’s new Taipo plant received GMP certification from the Hong Kong Department of Health. | ![]() |
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2015 | Named Premium Chinese Medicine Enterprise Chinese Medicine Promotion Award by the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Industry Association for its contribution in promoting Chinese medicine. | ||
2016 | Po Chai Pills® of Li Chung Shing Tong was conferred 2015 Hong Kong Top Brand Award by Hong Kong Brand Development Council and the Chinese Manufacturers Association of Hong Kong. | ||
2016 | Po Chai Pills® TV Commercial namely “Standing by You” was granted 2016 TVB Most Popular TV Commercial Awards – Citation For Excellence | ![]() |
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2018 | Po Chai Pills® of Li Chung Shing Tong was conferred the accolade of 2017 Hong Kong Premier Brand by Hong Kong Brand Development Council and the Chinese Manufacturers Association of Hong Kong. | ![]() |
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2018 | Elected as “Ultimate Travel Brand of Essential Gastrointestinal Medicine for Travel” by Sky Publishing Limited. | ![]() |