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6. Production and Sales of Chinese Alcoholic Drinks and Modern
Famous Chinese Alcoholic Drinks.
China is a country with a big population in the world. It's
production of alcoholic drinks is large, but due to the limiting of low
grain and cereals consumption per person, it's alcoholic drinks'
consumption per person is not high.
In Oct., 1986, Leaders of Department of Light Industry of China
announced that there would be a big change in the national development
plan for alcoholic drink industry. " The development of alcoholic
drink industry must obey the rule of "Four shifts", i. e. from the
spirit with high- percent alcohol to low; distilled liquor to
fermented alcoholic beverages; grain and cereals alcoholic liquor to
fruit wine ; from common grade to high grade.
According to "China Light Industry Year Book" of recent years
,the general situation of Chinese brewing industry is listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Production Situation of Alcoholic Drinks:
Year Beer Spirit Rice Wine Wine Others Total- Total Benefits Liquor Alcoholic wine wine production value
1981 91 245.7 55.3 11.1 43.5 44.66
1982 117.3 253.3 59.1 11.8 51.6 49.31
1983 163.4 290.2 62.5 12.9 64.3 60.42
1984 224 317.4 62.3 16 91.9 71.13
1985 310.4 337.9 65.7 23.3 114 85.14 9.322
1986 412.88 350.61 86.85 25.33 109.31 98.509 10.263
1987 540.43 431.03 90.31 27.87 104.96 11.946 11.41
1988 662.77 467.41 85.9 30.85 109.23 135.729
1989 643.77 448.31 83.66 27.10 128.463 11.989
1990 692.18 513.91 75.56 25.43 78.30 138.538 12.60 5.000
1991 838.37 524.48 80.64 24.19 71.24 153.892 38.85 1.088
1992 1020.7
1993 1196
1994 1414
1995 1573
Table 1 shows that, in the past ten years, beer industry
developed very fast and alcoholic liquor production has kept on
going up per year( but goes stable recently ) , rice alcoholic
production tends to increase per year
Fig 6.1 Annual Output of Alcoholic Drinks in China
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