From Strategy to Value: Neutech's 2026 Interim Results Confirm the Growth Logic of Its "Education-Healthcare-Wellness " Ecosystem
From Strategy to Value: Neutech's 2026 Interim Results Confirm the Growth Logic of Its "Education-Healthcare-Wellness" Ecosystem |
| [26-August-2026] |
HONG KONG and DALIAN, China, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On 26 August 2026, Neutech Group Limited (Stock Code: 9616.HK) released its interim results. For the first half of 2026, the Group firmly implemented its core strategy of "education-healthcare-wellness", continued to deepen business deployment, and delivered steady improvement in overall performance. During the Reporting Period, the Group recorded revenue of approximately RMB961.1 million, representing a 1.7% increase compared with the same period last year. Net profit attributable to owners of the Company was approximately RMB209.7million, up 2.8% year‑on‑year. Notable Achievements in Education Business Mark New Development Heights The education business serves as the core cornerstone of the Group and underpins its fundamental performance base. In the first half of 2026, each segment within the Group's education business delivered strong results. The three IT application‑oriented undergraduate universities under the Group achieved steady improvement in teaching quality, with admissions exceeding expectations. As at 30 June 2026, the total number of student enrollment in our three universities combined reached approximately 59,000, representing a year‑on‑year increase of 2% compared with the same period in 2025. During the Reporting Period, the Group's three universities received multiple honors. In the 2026 Shanghai Ranking's China Ranking of Private Colleges (Main List) (中國民辦高校排名（主榜）), Dalian College ranked 5th among private universities nationwide and 2nd among national private universities focused on science and technology. Its course General Artificial Intelligence III (《人工智能通識III》) was selected as a Typical Case for General Artificial Intelligence Courses(人工智能通識課程典型案例), an initiative organized by the Information‑based Teaching Steering Committee for Vocational Colleges under the Ministry of Education (教育部職業院校信息化教學指導委員會). In the 2026 Shanghai Ranking's China Ranking of Private Colleges (中國民辦高校排名), Chengdu University took the 1st spot among science and technology focused private universities in Sichuan Province. The university was also approved as a pilot institution for Systematic Competency Development in Computer‑related Majors(計算機類專業系統能力培養) by the Computer‑related Majors Teaching Steering Committee of Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education (教育部高等學校計算機類專業教學指導委員會). Guangdong University won the Grand Prize for Teaching Cases at the 2026 National University Software Engineering Education Conference (2026全國高校軟件工程教育大會). In addition, the three universities posted impressive admission results for the 2026/2027 school year. In Dalian University, the enrollment plan was fully completed in one go, and the highest admission score of physics stream is 125 scores higher than the university cut-off scores of Liaoning Province; in Chengdu University, the undergraduate enrollment plan completion rate reached 100%, and the highest admission score of physics stream is 83 scores higher than the university cut-off scores of Sichuan Province; in Guangdong University, the first-choice admission rate reached 100%, and the highest admission score of physics stream is 79 scores higher than the university cut-off scores of Guangdong Province. In terms of education resource, in the first half of 2026, the Group continued to advance the implementation of AI education and technology, actively exploring how AI can empower discipline teaching reform and innovation in talent cultivation models. During the Reporting Period, the smart education platform underwent a comprehensive AI‑driven upgrade, adding practical tools for AI model optimization and evaluation, and launching a new smart teaching APP. Concurrently, the Group developed the "Smart Agriculture Practical Training Lab" and the "MES Flexible Intelligent Manufacturing Practical Training Lab", while also upgrading the Intelligent and Connected Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Practical Training Lab, the Information Technology Innovation Practical Training Lab, the Embodied Intelligent Training Lab, and the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Training Lab. As of 30 June, 2026, the Group's education resource business cooperated with 49 institutions in joint establishment of academic majors and industrial colleges, covering nearly 15,600 students. Since 2021, the total number of cooperative institutions has reached 662. Notably, during the Reporting Period, the Group was successfully selected as a member of the China-Central Asia Industry-Education Integration Alliance, demonstrating its strong comprehensive strength and brand influence. During the reporting period, the continuing education business has established a training product and curriculum system covering four major categories: IT, management, education, and examination and certification, providing comprehensive training services to government agencies, enterprises, and educational institutions. To date, it has served a cumulative total of over 300 institutional clients, with long-term clients having cooperation periods exceeding three years accounting for 31% of the total. In addition, the Group has obtained 93 training base qualifications, of which 30 are at the national level. Accelerating Deployment of Elderly Care Technology and Services, with Business Footprint Continuing to Broaden As a key growth driver of the Group, elderly care technology and services also represent the Group's second growth curve. To date, the Group's citywide smart wellness platforms have been launched and are operational in 10 cities, including Shenyang, Dalian, Guangzhou, and Nanning, covering 30 core elderly care scenarios such as meal assistance, bathing assistance, home-based care, rehabilitation nursing, and residential care. These platforms have cumulatively served over 1 million person‑times, gathered more than 4,000 quality service providers, and offered over 12,000 elderly‑friendly products and services online. In addition, the Group has also established partnerships with cross-sector brands such as FlashEx, DiDi, JD.com, SF Express, CCB, and CMBC, jointly creating new consumption scenarios for elderly care. The platform model has been expanded to 23 cities, with Shanghai, Liuzhou, and several other cities set to go online soon, and is expected to complete its nationwide deployment in 30 cities by the end of 2026. These moves signify a transition of the Group's smart wellness service model from "pilot exploration" to a new phase of "scalable replication". At Wecare Family Nursing Home (睿康之家頤養院), the occupancy rate remained at 100% throughout the first half of 2026, with elderly residents aged 80 and above accounting for 94% of the total, the majority of whom required semi-disabled or higher-level care. Meanwhile, "Yixin Home" (頤心院) — positioned as a "premium life nursing and elderly care center within a tertiary hospital" with a focus on intensive medical care and hospice medical care — was officially opened and commenced operations in June 2026. During the Reporting Period, Wecare Family Nursing Home launched the "Ruikang Yizhi Experimental Class (睿康頤智實驗班)" for students majoring in "geriatric care and management" from three universities, achieving deep integration within the "education-healthcare-wellness" ecosystem. In terms of elderly education services, as of the Reporting Period, Neutech Phoenix College has established a network comprising "three university branches and eight wellness tourism campuses", offering distinctive programmes featuring "AI and artistic creation + health and rehabilitation + mind tour". During the Reporting Period, the Guangdong Phoenix Academy officially commenced enrolment. Nearly 2,000 elderly participants attended offline paid courses across the three university-based Phoenix Academies. Among them, participants aged below 50 accounted for 26%, those aged between 50 and 70 accounted for 65%, and those who enrolled in three or more elderly education courses accounted for 21%, demonstrating robust growth potential. Continuously Enhancing Medical Service Quality, with Brand Soft Power Steadily Rising The medical services business serves as a crucial pillar for the Group's elderly care technology and services segment, laying a solid foundation for the long-term development of medical and elderly care services. In the first half of 2026, the Group's Ruikang Cardiovascular Hospital launched a new "Healthy Lifestyle" department, providing lifestyle medicine interventions for sub-health populations, individuals with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia, high-risk cardiovascular patients, and post-cardiac surgery patients. During the Reporting Period, Ruikang Cardiovascular Hospital received nearly 30,000 outpatient and emergency visits, and nearly 6,000 inpatient and surgical admissions. Meanwhile, Ruikang Stomatological Hospital became the first in Dalian to introduce the Swedish Nobel X-Guide 3D blue-light dynamic navigation system (瑞典諾貝爾X-Guide3D藍光動態導航). In the first half of 2026, Ruikang Stomatological Hospital received nearly 12,000 outpatient visits. In addition, the Ruixin Rehabilitation Hospital, positioned as a fifth-generation rehabilitation hospital, is expected to be completed in 2027, which will further enhance the Group's system of medical care, rehabilitation, nursing and elderly care. In addition, in terms of campus living services, as of the Reporting Period, the three universities housed 150 merchants. The industrial company aims to build an integrated complex of creative, cultural, and service industries, serving as a high-quality campus support services provider within the "education-healthcare-wellness" ecosystem. In the future, through resource integration and complementary advantages, the Group will deeply promote the synergistic integration of multiple business sectors, creating a new framework for the integrated development of "Education, Healthcare and Wellness", providing digital and intelligent education, healthcare, and wellness products and services that cover the entire lifecycle. In terms of higher academic education services, we will continue to adhere to "stabilizing scale and consolidating foundations, while enhancing quality and strengthening core competencies" development strategy. Leveraging comprehensive AI-empowered teaching, we will stay committed to a connotative development path of quality enhancement and cultivation improvement, and continuously enhance the education services ability. Meanwhile, we are accelerating the nationwide deployment of citywide smart wellness platforms, systematically building a standardized business system of "one platform, two centers", striving to cover more cities and becoming a "booster" for the high-quality development of China's silver economy. Additionally, the Group is advancing from single-disease treatment to full-cycle health management, building a full-chain proactive health management system that includes "early screening and treatment of chronic diseases + personalized lifestyle prescriptions + functional medicine interventions". Through resource integration and complementary advantages, the Group will deeply promote the synergistic integration of multiple business sectors, creating a new framework for the integrated development of "Education, Healthcare and Wellness", so as to comprehensively meet the diverse needs of clients. CONTACT:
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