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Kweichow Moutai
Baijiu is a liquor (the word means white liquor) distilled in China that is sought after for official banquets and for gifts. Kweichow Moutai is probably the best known baijiu. Sales of the potent white spirit have risen in recent years, powered by a boom in the luxury market in China.
China’s high-powered liquor stocks are often seen as a litmus for other sectors, in particular property. Photo: Xinhua
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Wuliangye Yibin’s profit slump mirrors rival Kweichow Moutai’s woes

First-half revenue and profit at China’s second-largest liquor distiller grew at the smallest pace since 2015.

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Cambricon tops Moutai as China’s costliest stock as chips beat liquor

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Cambricon Technologies at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 8, 2021. Photo: Handout
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Shares in distiller Kweichow Moutai, a brand synonymous with lavish banquets, fell more than 6 per cent over the past month. Photo: Getty Images
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Labubu figures and stickers are seen at a Pop Mart shop in Beijing on June 12, 2025. Photo: AFP
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EU sidelined by US-China showdown, Moutai’s new reality: SCMP daily highlights

From EU eyeing impact of Washington-Beijing trade talks to austerity trimming profits at China’s top baijiu maker, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

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The Jiangji Distillery is a brewing base for Chinese liquor, located in Baisha town, Chongqing. Photo: Handout
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Kweichow Moutai to launch stock buyback plan amid weak spending in China

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A bottle of Maotai in Beijing. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
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UBS downgrades Kweichow Moutai, others in sobering comedown for China distillers

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Makers of baijiu, fiery Chinese spirit, refine it for Western palates

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A cocktail containing baijiu sold at Manhatta in New York. Makers of China’s favourite spirit are looking at cracking overseas markets, using influencers and social media advertising, tweaking its flavour and trying it out in cocktails. Photo: Reuters
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Dampened spirits: Kweichow Moutai’s liquor prices hit by weak consumer spending

The average wholesale price of Flying Fairy, the flagship product of Kweichow Moutai, has fallen 8 per cent in the past two months to below US$330 per bottle.

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Prices of Kweichow Moutai has trended lower in the past two months. Photo: Shutterstock
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Kweichow Moutai’s sell-off augurs a rebound for China’s stock market: analysts

The latest sell-off in Chinese bellwether stock, Kweichow Moutai, is being interpreted by analysts as a harbinger of a market bottom after shares in the liquor giant posted their biggest decline in almost a year.

Employees spread out steamed sorghum to cool ahead of fermentation at the Kweichow Moutai Co. distillery in the town of Maotai in Renhuai, Guizhou province, China. Photo: Bloomberg
Chinese culture

Opinion | Mao-tai latte shows how to keep Chinese culture modern and relevant

Rather than just Kweichow Moutai’s latest sales gimmick, the Mao-tai-infused coffee could be the start of a cultural renewal that China badly needs. A cultural renewal can help increase China’s appeal to both its own people and the outside world, and this must start from within.

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A Luckin Coffee employee prepares baijiu-flavoured latte, the latest product in collaboration with Chinese liquor brand Kweichow Moutai, at a Luckin Coffee shop in Beijing on September 4. The coffee company has launched the beverage containing extracts of the popular Chinese distilled liquor, causing a rush in stores and enthusiasm on social media. Photo: AFP
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Chinese mutual funds buy US$351 million of own products in show of confidence

Chinese mutual fund operators have been investing in their own products on bets the dip-buying strategy will help them to ride out the uncertainty prevailing on the stock markets.

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