Zong Qinghou At 10:30 on February 25, 2024, Zong Qinghou, founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, died in Hangzhou at the age of 79 due to ineffective medical treatment.
The Si people have passed away, but the spirit lives on.
In addition to many identity labels such as "China's richest man" and "beverage king", Zong Qinghou has always adhered to the entrepreneurial spirit of focus and pragmatism. He has said many times that quality is Wahaha's life.
"A product is popular, and it is not gone after it is popular, this thing does not last long, and the most important thing is that the product quality must be passed. ”
Zong Qinghou has repeatedly mentioned quality and integrity in public, and in his eyes, quality is the key to the "long-term popularity" of products.
China Quality News is fortunate to have interviewed Zong Qinghou many times, and recorded this outstanding entrepreneur's understanding and importance of quality.
Today, let us remember this amazing entrepreneur by reviewing Zong Qinghou's "golden sentences of quality".
In 2015, Zong Qinghou said at the site of the 2015 "Light of Quality" event hosted by China Quality Press
Make products and brands for consumersKeep pace with the times and continue to innovate to make China's Wahaha the world's Wahaha, this is Wahaha's pursuit! 
In 2015, Zong Qinghou said in an exclusive interview with China Quality News——
Brand means quality and integrity, and it is a commitment of the enterprise to consumers.
In the food industry, quality always comes first.
In 2016, Zong Qinghou said in an exclusive interview with "China Quality News".
Whether it is an overseas market, or a domestic marketIn fact, the most important thing to do business is that your products must be good and satisfy consumers. I think this is also the connotation of supply-side reform.
Wahaha will continue to take the road of "three products" of "variety, quality and brand", provide consumers with more and better products, and provide more practical samples for supply-side reform.
In 2016, Zong Qinghou said in an exclusive interview with "China Quality News".
The spirit of craftsmanship is not only to keep improving, pursue quality, and pursue perfection, but more importantly, to have a sense of responsibility to the societyWe must always adhere to integrity and stick to the bottom line
In 2016, Zong Qinghou, then a representative of the National People's Congress, submitted a proposal on "implementing the strategy of strengthening the country with quality and promoting the construction of quality brand" at the national "two sessions", calling for ——
Set up a special project for the construction of a quality power**. Support enterprises to carry out innovation activities with improving quality level as the main content, continuously increase the proportion of high-end technologies, products and services, improve total factor productivity, and improve the quality and efficiency of the supply system. Carry out quality training for enterprise decision-makers, continuously improve the strategic ability of decision-makers to adapt to transformation and upgrading, implement quality innovation leadership and promote the implementation of product and service quality upgrades. Carry out quality skills training for skilled workers, cultivate a team of vocational and skilled talents with the spirit of "craftsmen", and strengthen the quality talent base.
In 2017, Zong Qinghou said in an exclusive interview with China Quality News——
Chinese products are really not worse than others, and I think Chinese people will slowly build up self-confidence, and we should have self-confidence.
We now have more than a billion low- and middle-income people, and although they are not very rich right now, if we canWin their trust with high-quality, high-value-added productsBy solving the distribution problem and raising their income level, then this huge target group will become the biggest driving force for the development of Chinese enterprises.
Zong Qinghou said in an interview with ** at the "2019 China Brand Forum".
"Quality" and "integrity" are the foundation of the brandQuality is the life of an enterprise, and integrity is the cornerstone of development.
In 2021, Zong Qinghou said in an exclusive interview with "People**".
Quality is the lifeblood of a brand. It is necessary to uphold the craftsman spirit of excellence, improve the quality management system, improve the quality management ability, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the market.
In 2022, Zong Qinghou said at the "20th Annual Meeting of Chinese Business Leaders and the 22nd Annual Meeting of Future Stars of Chinese Enterprises".
To make the brand bigger and stronger, the most important thing is to adhere to quality first and integrity-based. High-quality development must implement the improvement of quality and quantity into every product and every service.
"In this life, I founded a Wahaha. There will be a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and then there will be a thousand Wahaha in the eyes of a thousand people. But for me, there is only one Wahaha, it is my whole life, all my dreams, all the meanings, values, labels and symbols, it is the proof that I have existed in this world. ”
- Zong Qinghou