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01 Six Liquor Companies Selected for Guizhou Green Manufacturing List On October 20, the Guizhou Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology announced the "2025 Guizhou Province Green Manufacturing List." Among them, Guizhou Dong Liquor Co., Ltd., Guizhou Kangke Junfeng Wine Industry Co., Ltd., Wahaha Snow Beer (Zunyi) Co., Ltd., and Guizhou Maoquan Wine Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. were selected as Guizhou Province Green Factories; Yanjing Beer (Guizhou) Co., Ltd. and Wahaha Snow Beer (Qiandongnan) Co., Ltd. were selected as Guizhou Province Green Supply Chain Management Enterprises. 02 Gulin County Liquor Companies Aim for 30 Billion Yuan in Output Value On October 21, the special event of the "Wan Qian Weather Sees Sichuan · County Economic High-Quality Development" series of news conferences was held in Gulin County. At the meeting, Gulin County Party Committee Secretary Zhao Yuanhua introduced that in 2024, Lang Wine Manor received over 200,000 visitors, 25 large-scale liquor companies are striving for an output value of 30 billion yuan, and the intangible cultural heritage Miao wax-dyed wine boxes have become a "hot" souvenir. Gulin is focusing on soy sauce as the core, organically linking energy, green building materials, green food, and cultural tourism and health care as "four pearls," striving to build a "one circle four chains" industrial pattern with one trillion and four hundred billion, promoting the realization of "one industry prospers, all industries thrive." 03 New Research on Microbial Interactions in Daqu Recently, Professor Wu Zhongde's team from Sichuan University, in collaboration with the National Solid-State Brewing Engineering Technology Research Center, published a research paper titled "metabolic interactions drive microbial community succession and functional expression of Nongxiangxing (Strong-flavor) daqu (浓香型大曲微生物间的代谢相互作用)" in the international authoritative journal Journal of Advanced Research. This study not only elucidates the microbial metabolic interaction mechanisms during the storage stage of daqu but also provides a theoretical basis for optimizing daqu storage processes and improving liquor quality. At the same time, the results provide an ecological framework that can be referenced for constructing functional synthetic microbial communities, and have broad reference value for traditional fermented food research. 04 Maotai Circular Production and Investment Company Completes National Pilot Project Construction Recently, the national circular economy standardization pilot project of the Maotai Circular Production and Investment Company successfully passed expert acceptance. After two years of construction, the company has completed all the set tasks for "resource utilization of brewing by-products in a circular economy," and has led and participated in the formulation of 21 national, industry, group, and enterprise standards, effectively filling multiple industry gaps, constructing a set of scientific and efficient full-chain standard systems. While achieving coordinated growth of ecological, social, and economic benefits, it has output a promotable and replicable "Maotai circular economy sample" for the green, low-carbon, and sustainable development of the white liquor industry. 05 Fen Liquor Applies for Liquor Volume Prediction Method Patent On October 21, Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Liquor Factory Co., Ltd. applied for a patent for "an enzyme activity detection method related to liquor volume..."

The Seoul Head Office of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (Head: Maeng Seok-in) will recruit companies to participate in booths for the "2025 Our Rice, Our Liquor K-RiceFest," a large-scale festival aimed at promoting the consumption of domestic rice, until the 24th through the official homepage. The 2025 Our Rice, Our Liquor K-RiceFest is an event hosted and organized by the Agricultural Cooperative Economic Holding Company and sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and will be held for three days from November 28 (Fri) to 30 (Sun) at Hall 3 of the KINTEX Exhibition Center 1 in Ilsan. The recruitment targets breweries, the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, and large, medium, and small enterprises that manufacture and sell Korean liquor and rice processed foods made from domestic rice, and will evaluate the submitted exhibition products and operation plans through the official homepage.

01 China Liquor Industry Index Released for January-August On October 12, the China Liquor Industry Association released the China Liquor Industry Index for August. From January to August 2025, the China Liquor Industry Index (ZJZS/CADI) static index JS: 128.67 points, up 14.88 points month-on-month; dynamic index DD: 109.47 points, up 11.41 points month-on-month; for January-August, the baijiu index (ZJZS-B/CADI-BJ) static index JS: 122.19 points, up 18.46 points month-on-month; dynamic index DD: 108.08 points, up 13.39 points month-on-month. The China Liquor Industry Index (domestic abbreviation: ZJZS, international abbreviation: CADI) is a comprehensive indicator reflecting the economic status of China's liquor industry, used as a reference for measuring changes in different development cycles of the liquor industry, including the static index JS and the dynamic index DD. The reference base year for the static index JS is 2019, and for the dynamic index DD, it is the same period of the previous year. 02 New Anti-Unfair Competition Law Implemented On October 15, the newly revised "Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China" officially came into effect. Targeting new forms of unfair competition in the development of the platform economy, Article 13 of the new law specifically strengthens the rules of online competition. It explicitly prohibits operators from using data, algorithms, and platform rules to implement three types of behaviors: one is coercive redirection, malicious uninstallation, and other behaviors that disrupt the normal operation of other operators' services; two is the acquisition and use of other people's legally held data in an improper manner; three is the abuse of platform rules to implement false transactions, false reviews, malicious returns, and other behaviors that suppress competitors. This means that phenomena such as "traffic hijacking," "data theft," and "online water army" will face direct legal regulation. 03 Fifth National Baijiu Tasting Professional Skills Competition Renhuai Production Area Selection Contest Concludes On October 15, 2025, the Fifth National Baijiu Tasting Professional Skills Competition Renhuao Production Area Selection Contest concluded at Maotai Academy. 102 contestants under 45 years old, holding qualifications of "Guizhou Province Wine Industry Association Baijiu Evaluator" and above, competed in one and a half days of theoretical (accounting for 10%) and nine rounds of practical operation (accounting for 90%), vying for 11 national competition spots. The event was organized by the Renhuai City Wine Industry Association, guided by the China Liquor Industry Association, with an expert review group and a supervision group to ensure fairness. The 11 selected individuals will undergo special training to prepare for the national competition, and the event also supports Renhuai in implementing the talent-driven city strategy. 04 Liaoning Brewing "Five-Year Plan" Development Plan Announced On October 12, the Liaoning Provincial Winemaking Association held an office meeting and the second expanded meeting of the eighth council in Shenyang. The meeting introduced the "Five-Year Plan" development plan for the Liaoning brewing industry. The plan mentioned that by 2030, the industrial structure of Liaoning's brewing industry will achieve strategic optimization: the industry's sales revenue will strive to exceed 20 billion yuan, with the number of large-scale industrial enterprises increasing by 3-5; 1-2 characteristic baijiu production areas or industrial parks with influence in the Northeast region will be built; ownership reform exploration will be conducted for Liaoning's baijiu enterprises, striving to achieve breakthroughs in 1-2 state-owned enterprises.