Chabaidao

Chabaidao is a Chinese new-style tea beverage chain operating under the Chinese name 茶百道. Its retail concept centers on freshly prepared drinks served through chain stores, with a product mix that includes milk tea, fruit tea, and pure tea beverages. The brand is associated with a youthful visual identity and the use of panda-related imagery, an element that helps distinguish its store and product presentation in China’s competitive tea-drink market. The brand’s business model is based on standardized beverage preparation and chain-store expansion. Its official website presents Chabaidao as a widely distributed chain originating in Chengdu and provides franchise-related contact information, indicating that franchising is an important part of its store-development model. Publicly supplied reference material describes the network as having more than 7,000 stores, although the applicable date and methodology for that figure are not specified here and the figure is therefore not treated as a verified current operating total. Chabaidao’s offering spans conventional milk-tea products as well as fruit-forward drinks and simpler tea preparations. This range allows the chain to address different preferences, from creamy and sweet beverages to lighter tea-based options. As with other new-style tea brands, the customer proposition combines convenience, menu variety, recognizable packaging, and a social-media-friendly retail identity. The available reference material does not establish a verified founding year, founder, headquarters address, parent-company structure, ownership details, or a complete international footprint. The brand is documented here as an active China-based tea beverage chain, but additional authoritative corporate and historical sources would be needed to complete its ownership, governance, financial, and development history.

Chabaidao is a Chinese tea beverage brand identified by the name 茶百道. The available official reference material describes it as a Chengdu-originated chain that expanded through a large network of stores and provides a dedicated franchise hotline, supporting the conclusion that franchising and standardized retail operations are central to its commercial model. The brand operates in the new-style tea beverage sector, where chains typically prepare tea-based drinks to order and offer multiple combinations of tea, dairy, fruit, toppings, and sweetness levels. Chabaidao’s documented menu categories include milk tea, fruit tea, and pure tea. This breadth gives the brand a product architecture that can serve customers seeking both indulgent blended or milk-based drinks and lighter tea-forward beverages. A distinctive aspect of Chabaidao’s identity is its use of panda elements. The official reference characterizes these elements as a feature of the brand and links them to its appeal among younger consumers. Panda imagery provides a recognizable Chinese cultural association and can be applied across storefronts, packaging, promotional materials, and digital communications, although the supplied sources do not document a specific mascot launch or campaign date. The chain is described in the supplied material as having more than 7,000 stores. Because no publication date, store-count methodology, or independently verifiable corporate filing is provided for that statement, it should be treated as an undated company or reference claim rather than a confirmed current milestone. The available sources also do not establish the legal entity responsible for the brand, its founder, its precise headquarters, or the full chronology of its expansion. On the evidence available, Chabaidao should be understood as an active China-focused new-style tea chain with a franchise-oriented retail model, a broad tea-drink menu, and panda-associated visual branding. A fuller encyclopedia history would require reliable sources covering its establishment, early stores, corporate organization, product launches, geographic expansion, and any public-company or ownership developments.

A youthful, accessible Chinese new-style tea beverage chain combining standardized chain-store service with milk tea, fruit tea, pure tea, and panda-themed brand imagery.

• Milk tea

  Milk tea

  Milk tea is one of Chabaidao’s documented core product categories. These drinks combine brewed or tea-based flavor with milk or other creamy ingredients and are prepared for sale through the chain’s standardized store network. The available material does not identify specific recipes, signature names, launch dates, or nutritional specifications.

• Fruit tea

  Fruit tea

  Fruit tea forms another major category in Chabaidao’s beverage range. It represents the fruit-forward side of the menu and broadens the brand beyond dairy-based drinks. The supplied sources do not provide a verified list of fruit varieties, recipes, product names, or dates of introduction.

• Pure tea

  Pure tea

  Pure tea refers to simpler tea-based beverages without the milk-tea or fruit-tea positioning identified in the reference material. Including this category allows the chain to serve customers seeking a more direct tea taste. Specific tea types, sourcing information, preparation methods, and product launch dates are not documented in the available sources.

• 2026

  Hong Kong SFC investigates suspected fraud in ChaPanda IPO share demand

  Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission announced it had taken action against two groups suspected of taking part in a fraud scheme intended to create a false or misleading appearance of demand for shares in ChaPanda's initial public offering. The SFC said it is highly concerned that ChaPanda's IPO may have been manipulated and its investigation is ongoing.

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• 2021

  Two Beijing stores failed food safety inspection and were ordered to rectify

  In 2021, Beijing market regulation authorities reported that two Chabaidao stores had problems including inventory checks and management of food handling areas. The company responded that expired materials at one of the stores were used for training new employees, and said a nationwide inspection found that some storage and cleaning practices were not standardized. This entry is limited to listing the stores and does not treat the company's statement as regulatory confirmation that there were no violations.

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• 2021

  Cha Bai Dao responds to food-safety concerns

  At a media briefing, Cha Bai Dao addressed food-hygiene concerns involving a Suzhou store and described measures to improve food-safety management, including plans to establish a public platform for food-safety inspections.

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• 2021

  TeaBaidao store inspected over suspected expired ingredients

  On May 26, Changsha's Kaifu District market regulator inspected a TeaBaidao store and found date-label issues on ingredients, including one marked as expired at the time of inspection. TeaBaidao said the ingredients were not expired and attributed the appearance to staff failing to replace labels promptly; the regulator said it would investigate further.

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• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.10.14

  Hong Kong SFC investigates suspected fraud in ChaPanda IPO share demand[3]Hong Kong SFC investigates suspected fraud in ChaPanda IPO share demand163.com

  Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission announced it had taken action against two groups suspected of taking part in a fraud scheme intended to create a false or misleading appearance of demand for shares in ChaPanda's initial public offering. The SFC said it is highly concerned that ChaPanda's IPO may have been manipulated and its investigation is ongoing.

• 2026.10.13

  Hong Kong SFC suspends trading in ChaPanda shares over suspected IPO manipulation[4]Hong Kong SFC investigates suspected fraud in ChaPanda IPO share demandbjnews.com.cn

  On 13 October, at the direction of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), shares of new-tea-drink company ChaPanda (茶百道) were forcibly suspended from trading. The SFC announced the same day that ChaPanda's IPO may have been manipulated to create a false appearance of demand for its shares, saying a suspicious group was suspected of participating in a fraud scheme in the IPOs of ChaPanda and 拨康视云, and that part of the IPO proceeds may have been diverted out of the companies under undisclosed agreements between the listed company and those groups for so-called financial product investments. The SFC issued restriction notices to six brokerages, prohibiting disposal of relevant assets in client accounts of nine entities concerned, capped at about HK$4.379 billion, and stated that suspending trading during the investigation was necessary or desirable to maintain an orderly and fair market and protect the investing public. On the evening of 14 October, ChaPanda announced it is urgently seeking legal advice, pledged full cooperation with the SFC, will issue further announcements as appropriate, and confirmed its business operations remain normal.

• 2021.10.13

  Reported2021.10.14

  Cha Bai Dao responds to food-safety concerns[5]Cha Bai Dao responds to food-safety concernsfinance.sina.com.cn

  At a media briefing, Cha Bai Dao addressed food-hygiene concerns involving a Suzhou store and described measures to improve food-safety management, including plans to establish a public platform for food-safety inspections.

• 2021.05.26

  Reported2021.05.29

  TeaBaidao store inspected over suspected expired ingredients[6]TeaBaidao store inspected over suspected expired ingredientsfinance.sina.com.cn

  On May 26, Changsha's Kaifu District market regulator inspected a TeaBaidao store and found date-label issues on ingredients, including one marked as expired at the time of inspection. TeaBaidao said the ingredients were not expired and attributed the appearance to staff failing to replace labels promptly; the regulator said it would investigate further.

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1. 1Chabaidao official websitechabaidao.com
2. 2Two Beijing stores failed food safety inspection and were ordered to rectifyfood.china.com.cn
3. 3Hong Kong SFC investigates suspected fraud in ChaPanda IPO share demand163.com
4. 4Hong Kong SFC investigates suspected fraud in ChaPanda IPO share demandbjnews.com.cn
5. 5Cha Bai Dao responds to food-safety concernsfinance.sina.com.cn
6. 6TeaBaidao store inspected over suspected expired ingredientsfinance.sina.com.cn