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Chagee Founder Weds Trina Solar Co-Chair

On December 15, 2025, milk-tea world and solar world collided in sweet style 🍵⚡️: Zhang Junjie, the 30-something founder & CEO of tea brand Bawang Chaji…

On December 15, 2025, milk-tea world and solar world collided in sweet style 🍵⚡️: Zhang Junjie, the 30-something founder & CEO of tea brand Bawang Chaji (Chagee), married Gao Haichun, co-chairman of PV giant Trina Solar, in a lavish Changzhou wedding that quickly blew up across social media.

But here’s the twist — instead of wine or fancy spirits, guests were handed custom-branded Bawang Chaji milk tea cups with a “perfect match” slogan, making it literally a milk-tea wedding 🍶💕. Photos from the scene showed mountains of drinks on display tables and everyone sipping chai-style beverages throughout the celebration.

Zhang also sent out branded wedding sweets to his nationwide stores, and insiders shared sweet gift boxes filled with cotton candy, cookies, and chocolates.

Earlier this year he publicly shut down persistent online rumors about his personal life — including false claims about past marriages or family situations — and confirmed the two had already registered their marriage back in June.

The couple’s union — between a buzzing consumer-brand founder and a renewable-energy heir — is being framed by netizens as a “sweet merger” of China’s new-consumer culture and industrial powerhouse vibes, and the milk-tea wedding aesthetic is officially iconic. 🍵💫

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