娃哈哈创始人宗庆后逝世，享年79岁

On February 25, Wahaha issued an obituary saying that Zong Qinghou, founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, died at 10:30 on February 25, 2024, at the age of 79. The Mourning Committee of Zong Qinghou, Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co., Ltd. will hold a memorial service at 10:00 a.m. on February 28, 2024 at Xiasha Base of Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co., LTD. (Intersection of No. 10 and No. 5, Baiyang Street, Qiantang District, Hangzhou).
2月25日，娃哈哈发布讣告称，集团创始人、董事长宗庆后因病医治无效，于2024年2月25日10时30分逝世，享年79岁。杭州娃哈哈集团有限公司宗庆后同志治丧委员会，定于2024年2月28日上午10时，在杭州娃哈哈集团有限公司下沙基地（杭州市钱塘区白杨街道10号大街与5号大街交叉口）举行追思会。

According to public information, Zong Qinghou, born in December 1945, member of the Communist Party of China, national model worker, winner of the National May Day Labor Medal, outstanding builder of the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics, one of the 100 outstanding private entrepreneurs in the 40 years of reform and opening up, and a deputy to the 10th, 11th and 12th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Zhejiang Provincial Congress of the Communist Party of China and founded Wahaha in 1991.
公开资料显示，宗庆后，1945年12月生，中国共产党党员，全国劳动模范，全国五一劳动奖章获得者，优秀中国特色社会主义事业建设者，改革开放40年百名杰出民营企业家，第十、十一、十二届全国人大代表，中国共产党浙江省第十二、十三、十四届代表大会代表，1991年成立娃哈哈。