In 1996, the company made joint ventures with Danone Group to form 5 new subsidiaries, which fetched in $ 45 million at first and then $ 26.2 million as added investment. Wahaha brought world-class advanced production lines from Germany, America, Italy, Japan and Canada into its sites. By using foreign investment and technology, Wahaha strides toward a new century of national brand.

In 2000, the company produced 2.24 million tons of beverage with a sales revenue of ￥5.4 billion, ￥1.27 billion of profit and tax and ￥0.96 billion of profit. The production accounted for 15% of the nation's output of beverage and 37% of the "Big Ten" of beverage industry. The output of the main products, such as bottled water, fruit milk, AD milk enriched with Ca, and mixed congee has been in the first place of the Chinese beverage industry for years, among which the output of milk product and bottled water can compete with other international big corporations. The group has become the biggest company in the beverage industry of China with total assets of ￥4.4 billion and more than 40 subsidiaries cover more than 16 provinces. Of course, behind such outstanding achievement are the competitive power and good challenging circumstance formed by many years of hard working.