Baijiu production per month in China 2022-2024

In September 2024, China produced around 363 thousand kiloliters of baijiu, decreasing slightly compared to the same period of the previous year. China's baijiu industry was negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Baijiu industry in ChinaThough the demand for whiskey and other spirits in China saw a rapid growth in past years, baijiu remained the most consumed spirit in China, taking up around 94 percent of liquor retail sales. Baijiu is considered the national spirit in China, made by fermenting cooked sorghum or sometimes other grains. More than half of the baijiu produced in China was from Sichuan province, where four out of 19 public listed baijiu manufacturers are located. Kweichow MoutaiWith its stock prices rocketing up by nearly 50 percent in 2020, China's high-end baijiu enterprise Kweichow Moutai ranked as the third-most valuable company in Asia, next to the tech giants Alibaba and Tencent. Consumers stock up baijiu from this prestigious alcohol brand not only for the purpose of enjoyment but also as an investment. A bottle of vintaged Moutai can go for as much as 10 million yuan in an auction.

于2024年九月，我国酿造了约363万千升白酒，较之去年同期的产量略有下降。受新冠疫情的影响，我国白酒产业遭受了负面影响。尽管近年来在中国，威士忌及其他烈酒的需求量迅速增长，但白酒依然占据了中国酒类零售市场94%的份额。白酒被誉为我国的国酒，通过发酵煮熟的高粱或其他谷物制成。我国超过一半的白酒产量源自四川 province，该省共有19家白酒上市公司中的4家位于此地。凭借其在2020年股价飙升近50%，中国的顶级白酒企业贵州茅台成为亚洲市值第三大的公司，仅次于科技巨头阿里巴巴和腾讯。消费者不仅出于品鉴之需，也出于投资目的，囤积来自这一著名酒牌的白酒。一瓶 vintage 茅台在拍卖会上甚至可以卖到高达1000万元人民币。