[2] In 2009, Aier held its initial public offering becoming a listed company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

[4][5] In 2017 Aier acquired Clinica Baviera, a Spanish eye clinic which was the largest in Europe.

In the same year, Aier acquired an eye clinic in the United States so it start operating in the country.

[7] In September 2022, Aier secured CNY 3.5 billion (US$490 million) through a private placement led by ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management.

Five months after the procedure she complained that she was nearly blind in one eye with her retina having become detached, leading to a dispute over malpractice.

[9] In December 2023, a viral video spread on Chinese social media after it was posted by Ai.

As she could only speak a local dialect and did not appear to respond to the doctor's warnings in Mandarin, the surgeon "treated the patient roughly in an emergency situation".