The four founders of this brand are Zhang Yong, Shu Ping, Shi Yonghong and Li Haiyan.

Zhang Yong, born in jianyang city, Sichuan, is of Singaporean nationality, the founder of Haidilao and the chairman of Haidilao Catering Co., Ltd. Shu Ping, a Singaporean, is the founder of Haidilao. Shi Yonghong, entrepreneur, co-founder of Haidilao.

Haidilao is a large inter-provincial chain hotpot restaurant brand, which was founded by Zhang Yong in Jianyang, Sichuan in 1994. It belongs to Haidilao International Holdings Limited.

Haidilao's signature pot bottom includes classic spicy hot pot, three fresh hot pot, mushroom soup hot pot and so on. Among them, Haidilao's classic spicy hot pot is made of selected butter, green pepper and red pepper, and a variety of peppers by slow cooking.