Zong Qinghou, founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, failed to treat illness and died at 10:00 on February 25, 2024. Died 30 minutes later at the age of 79.

People came to pay their respects in front of the old Wahaha headquarters, offering bouquets of flowers and Wahaha products such as AD calcium milk. He once "discussed reality" with Jack Ma He was once the "big boss" of Zhong Suisui "It's never too late to fight forty in life, a pioneering spirit"