Quanzhou Normal University alumni take the helm, Focus International targets Hong Kong stocks, Chairman Zhou Hang and his wife see their compensation triple.

Rui Cai Jing Liu Ziying On March 31, Focus International Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Focus International”) submitted its listing application to the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Jianquan Financing Limited is its sole sponsor. The company previously filed its application with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2025.

The prospectus shows that Focus International was established in 2014 and mainly engages in the manufacturing and sales of disposable hygiene products, as well as the sales of materials for disposable hygiene products. The company initially served as an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) for disposable hygiene products under local overseas brands. It later developed and promoted its own brands in the China market. The company’s disposable hygiene products include three categories: baby care products, women’s care products, and adult incontinence products. The company also sells materials for disposable hygiene products.

Focus International adopts a multi-brand strategy: “All Cotton Hourtime,” “Focus Baby,” and “Beemle” are the company’s baby care products, while “Viyue” and “Blue Cotton Flower” are the company’s women’s care products. Before May 2024, Focus International also operated the adult incontinence product line under the “Tiepan” brand. After that, it ceased operating the adult incontinence brand product line but continued to produce adult incontinence products for third-party clients in an OEM manner.

For fiscal years 2023 through 2025, Focus International’s revenue was RMB 372 million, RMB 447 million, and RMB 533 million, respectively. Profit for the year and other comprehensive income were RMB 39.467 million, RMB 65.605 million, and RMB 80.908 million, respectively. Gross profit margins were 23.5%, 27.5%, and 28.6%, respectively.

Before the IPO, Zhou Hang and He Shanshan, as a couple, each held 59.4% and 39.6% of the shares, respectively, totaling 99%, making them the controlling shareholders. Hong Bo held 1%. Currently, Zhou Hang serves as the company’s executive director, chairman of the board, and Group Chief Executive Officer, while He Shanshan serves as an executive director.

According to the information, Zhou Hang, 36, on February 21, 2014, established the Group as a shareholder and director of Focus International together with He Shanshan. He was appointed as a director on January 5, 2023, and was re-designated as an executive director on June 12, 2025. He also serves as the company’s chairman of the board, Chief Executive Officer, and chairman of the nomination committee. He is mainly responsible for the overall management of the Group and formulation of business strategies. He is also a director of all of the company’s subsidiaries.

Zhou Hang has over 14 years of experience in the manufacturing and sales of disposable hygiene products in China, as well as in selling materials for disposable hygiene products. In February 2014, he founded the Focus Group by establishing Focus, and has served as general manager and director since then. Previously, from February 2011 to January 2014, he served as the foreign trade manager at Quanzhou Fenghua Hygiene Products Co., Ltd.

He Shanshan, 36, established the Group as a shareholder together with Zhou Hang on February 21, 2014. She was appointed as an executive director on June 12, 2025. He Shanshan is a member of the company’s remuneration committee, and she is mainly responsible for providing advice to the Group regarding general management and daily operations.

He Shanshan has over 13 years of experience in the sales of hygiene products in China. Before co-founding the Group with Zhou Hang in February 2014, from September 2011 to February 2013, she served as a salesperson at Huayi (Fujian) Maternal and Child Supplies Co., Ltd. She then joined Quanzhou Fenghua Hygiene Products Co., Ltd. as a foreign trade manager until January 2014.

Both Zhou Hang and He Shanshan obtained a bachelor’s degree in information and computing science from Quanzhou Normal University in Fujian in July 2011.

In terms of remuneration, from 2023 to 2025, Zhou Hang’s remuneration was RMB 260,000, RMB 249,000, and RMB 722,000, respectively. He Shanshan’s remuneration was RMB 103,000, RMB 106,000, and RMB 366,000, respectively.

It can be seen that in 2025, Zhou Hang’s remuneration increased by 189.96% year-on-year, while He Shanshan’s remuneration increased by 245.28% year-on-year.