Wahaha flagship store on Tmall renamed, Zong Fuli establishes another Wahaha flagship store.

Recently, some internet users claimed that when they clicked on the previous orders of the "Wahaha Official Flagship Store" on Tmall, they found that the store had changed to "Tongyangkang Food Specialized Store". The customer service of the store told Caixin that it did indeed exist as the Tmall flagship store of Wahaha before, but now the store name and operations are independent; the store is currently undergoing a reorganization and will be re-listed in the future. Currently, there are no Wahaha products in the store. The operating qualifications information of Tmall platform shows that "Tongyangkang Food Specialized Store" is operated by Tongyangkang E-commerce Co., Ltd., of which Sanjie Investment Group holds 75% of the shares, with Du Jianying as the actual controller of Sanjie Investment Group. There is now another Wahaha flagship store on Tmall, operated by Hangzhou Hengyi E-commerce Co., Ltd., which is backed by Hongsheng Beverage Group Limited controlled by Zong Fuli in reality. Wahaha has not responded to inquiries from Caixin regarding the change in operating entity. Behind the change in the operating entity of the Wahaha e-commerce platform is the gradual control of Wahaha by Zong Fuli after the death of the company's founder, Zong Qinghou. On March 1, 2024, just five days after Zong Qinghou's death, his supposed "only daughter" Zong Fuli applied for the inheritance notarization of Zong Qinghou's estate and provided 12 proof materials, including Zong Fuli's documents, Zong Qinghou's death and cremation certificate, Zong Qinghou and Shi Youzhen's marriage certificate, Zong Fuli's "only child honor certificate", and the aforementioned will notarization certificate.