# Chinese Business Succession

The Daughter’s Dilemma: Kelly Zong’s High-Stakes Gambit to Remake a Chinese Beverage Empire

Kelly Zong is aggressively pivoting the Wahaha empire toward her independently controlled Hongsheng Group, sparking internal turmoil and a collapse in R&D capacity. Despite launching new products and modern distribution models, the company faces a precipitous drop in sales and resistance from its traditional distributor network.