JDB Group

JDB Group is a Chinese food and beverage company headquartered in Dongguan, Guangdong province. It manufactures non-alcoholic beverages, with its best-known business centered on JDB herbal tea. The brand is associated with the development of packaged herbal tea as a mass-market beverage in China and has achieved substantial recognition in the domestic soft-drinks sector. Its products are positioned within the broader Chinese herbal-tea category, a beverage segment that combines traditional botanical associations with modern ready-to-drink packaging. JDB's principal market is China, where its herbal tea products have competed for consumer attention with large international soft-drink companies, including Coca-Cola and Pepsi. The scale and visibility of the brand in the Chinese market have led to comparisons with Coca-Cola and the informal description of JDB as “China's Coca-Cola.” This comparison reflects domestic market prominence rather than a corporate relationship with The Coca-Cola Company. The group's public profile is primarily tied to packaged herbal tea rather than a diversified portfolio documented in the available reference material. Its brand activity has also extended into entertainment and gaming partnerships. In December 2024, JDB collaborated with miHoYo, the Chinese video-game company, on special-edition beverage cans associated with the game characters Aventurine and Tingyun. The collaboration was timed for the New Year period and connected the beverage packaging and related merchandise with themes of good fortune and wealth. The release included collectible figures with stands and other special-edition products. Available reference material does not establish a founding year, founder, ownership structure, listed status, ticker, or a comprehensive international operating footprint. It also does not provide a detailed account of the group's manufacturing network, financial performance, executive team, or product portfolio beyond its herbal-tea business. Those fields are therefore left unfilled rather than inferred.

JDB Group is a Chinese non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer based in Dongguan, Guangdong. The available reference material identifies the company principally through its herbal-tea products and does not provide a documented founding date, founder, ownership history, or detailed chronology of corporate development. Its best-known commercial activity is the production and marketing of packaged herbal tea for the Chinese market. The company's significance lies in the transformation of herbal tea from a traditional beverage category into a widely distributed, branded ready-to-drink product. JDB's beverages are described as among the most popular in China and compete with products from major international soft-drink companies such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Because of this domestic scale and visibility, the brand has been compared informally with Coca-Cola in the Chinese market. The comparison is a description of market prominence and does not indicate ownership, licensing, or an affiliation between the two companies. The documented public profile is concentrated on the JDB herbal-tea brand and the wider non-alcoholic beverage business. The supplied sources do not substantiate a broader list of beverage categories, overseas subsidiaries, retail operations, financial results, or a public listing. Accordingly, no additional product lines or corporate structures are included here. A notable recent brand-extension activity occurred in December 2024, when miHoYo announced a partnership with JDB Group. The collaboration produced limited-edition cans featuring Aventurine and Tingyun, characters associated with miHoYo's game properties, for release around the New Year. The initiative also offered figures with stands and other specially branded merchandise. Its stated thematic purpose was to help players welcome good fortune and wealth in the coming year. This partnership illustrates JDB's use of entertainment-related packaging and collectibles to engage gaming audiences, but the available material does not document sales results or the campaign's commercial outcome. Further research is required to establish the group's founding history, leadership, ownership, product architecture, manufacturing operations, distribution footprint, and current corporate structure.

• 2024

  miHoYo collaboration announced

  [1]JDB Group - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

  miHoYo announced a New Year collaboration with JDB Group involving special-edition cans featuring Aventurine and Tingyun, together with collectible figures and other merchandise.

A prominent Chinese ready-to-drink herbal-tea brand competing in the mass-market non-alcoholic beverage sector.

• Ready-to-drink herbal tea

  JDB herbal tea

  JDB herbal tea is the group's principal documented offering. It is a packaged, non-alcoholic beverage sold in the Chinese market and is associated with the mass commercialization of herbal tea in ready-to-drink form. The product's prominence has made JDB one of the most recognizable names in China's herbal-tea beverage segment. The available source does not specify individual formulas, package sizes, ingredient claims, launch date, or international distribution.

• 2017

  Final ruling in red-can trade dress dispute finds both parties jointly share rights

  In August 2017, the Supreme People's Court issued a final judgment in the dispute between Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group and JDB over the packaging and decoration of red-can Wanglaoji, revoked the relevant original-instance judgment, and held that both parties jointly enjoy the rights to the packaging and decoration at issue. This entry records the litigation dispute and final result, and does not treat the revoked first-instance infringement finding as the final conclusion.

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• 2024JDB Group and miHoYo New Year collaboration

  China

  JDB Group partnered with miHoYo on special-edition beverage cans featuring Aventurine and Tingyun. The New Year-themed initiative also included character figures with stands and additional merchandise, linking JDB beverages with gaming fandom and auspicious New Year themes.

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• 2024

  Launch of miHoYo character special-edition beveragesProduct launch

  Background

  JDB Group sought to connect its beverage products with miHoYo's gaming audience during the New Year period.

  Action taken

  The companies released special-edition cans featuring Aventurine and Tingyun, accompanied by collectible figures with stands and other merchandise.

  Aftermath

  The available source confirms the collaboration and product release but does not report sales, distribution results, or longer-term effects.

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• 2021.07.24

  Reported2021.07.26

  JDB launches “Win the 2021 Battle, Cheer for China” campaign on Kuaishou[3]加多宝“赢战2021 喝彩中国”营销活动在快手上线ent.people.com.cn

  JDB's “Win the 2021 Battle, Cheer for China” marketing campaign went live on the Kuaishou platform on July 24.

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1. 1JDB Group - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Final ruling in red-can trade dress dispute finds both parties jointly share rightscourt.gov.cn
3. 3加多宝“赢战2021 喝彩中国”营销活动在快手上线ent.people.com.cn