China Beer Industry
2008 china beer consumptions grown 5% yearly
http://www.china.org.cn/business/2009-03/13/content_17440270.htm
China Brewery equipment
China's Tsingtao sees 75-80% profit rise in Jan-Sept
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-10/10/content_8775653.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-06/09/content_8261741.htm
"Shandong province has been the largest beer consumption market nationwide, accounting for 10 percent, followed by Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces."
"The Chinese beer industry began to show signs of recovery this year after months of decline in growth last year."
ZHONGDE EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD. SHANDONG
New brewery in Shanghai
Jointly owned by the Hong Kong-listed China Resources Enterprise and the world's leading beer brewer SABMiller, China Resources Snow Breweries has more than 60 breweries across China. In 2007, the company sold over 690 million liters of beer in China, accounting for 17% of the total beer consumption of the countries.
http://www.echinacities.com/Special/Beer-Festival/Content.aspx?n=3366
the total capacity of China’s beer market could reach 65,500,000 kiloliters; up 74.7% from 2006. The growth rate in the Asia-Pacific Region may even amount to 125%, a capacity of 13,500,000 kiloliters, urged mostly by Chinese market.
China likely to be world's largest beer producer for eighth straight year
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/23/content_11930133.htm
The China Alcoholic Drinks Industry Association said Sunday the country is hopefully to become the world's largest beer producer for the eighth straight year this year with the production of 20.5 million tonnes for the first half.
Wang said the country's breweries made 20.5 million tonnes of beer for the first six months, up 6 percent from the corresponding period last year.
China has been making 40 million tonnes of beer annually in recent years, compared with 24 million tons by the world's second largest producer, the United States, and 12 million tons by Germany that has a long history of beer production.