Chapter 6 Production and Sales of Chinese Alcoholic Drinks and Modern Famous Chinese Alcoholic Drinks

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6.1 Production and Sales of 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.

6.1.1 Production Situation in Recent Years

      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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