Baidu Encyclopedia In the summer of 1955, the Shituan Farm Sideline Processing Factory established a wine-making team specifically for pig raising, and successfully trial-produced the first pot of wine on November 20 of the same year. It was officially produced in 1956, producing 49.35 tons of wine that year. In 1957, a brewing workshop was built in Shoalbulak. The original brewing group was moved from pig raising to Shoalbulak, and was separated from the processing plant and was called "Ten Group Brewery". In 1959, when Ho Chi Minh, Chairman of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, visited Xinjiang, Corps Commander Tao Zhiyue entertained him with liquor produced by the 10th Regiment, and Commander Hu praised "Xinjiang Moutai".

In the 1960s, in 1962, the first batch of "Ili Baijiu" bottled wine packaging was put into the markets of Urumqi City, Yining City, and Xinyuan County, opening up sales for the first time. On July 8, 1963, "Ili Baijiu" was rated as high-quality liquor by the autonomous region. On December 1, 1964, with the approval of the Trademark Management Office of the Central Administration for Industry and Commerce, the liquor produced by the distillery was registered as the "Yili" brand trademark. In April 1965, "Ili Daqu" liquor was rated second at the liquor cooperation meeting of the five northwest provinces. In 1966, technician Li Zugong led members of the trial production team to successfully trial produce "Special Yili Daqu" and put it on the market.

In the 1970s, in 1976, the 10th Regiment Distillery was renamed the "72nd Regiment Yili Daqu Distillery". In May 1979, at the first wine evaluation meeting of the autonomous region, the specially made Yili Daqu (i.e. Yili Tequ) was rated as a "local famous wine"; Yili Daqu (i.e. Yili Daqu) was rated as a "local high-quality wine". On October 31, 1979, the winery changed its trademark registration to "Yili brand", but continued to use "Yili brand" until July 1991. In December 1979, Yili Daqu and Yilitequ were rated as high-quality famous brands by the Autonomous Region Administration for Industry and Commerce and awarded the title of "Famous Trademark" of the Autonomous Region.

In October 1980, the specially made Yili Daqu was rated as a high-quality product at the National Agricultural, Industrial and Commercial Combined Enterprises Product Exhibition and was awarded a certificate. In April 1982, Yili Daqu was approved by the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation as a "high-quality product" and issued a certificate. In August 1983, a letter came from the Zepu Stone Base in southern Xinjiang, reporting that one bottle of the purchased "Ili Daqu" wine had quality problems. The winery sent deputy director Zhong Shichang and driver Wang Yingfu to make a special trip. After confirmation, they immediately compensated "Ili Daqu" One box (24 bottles), and another 7 boxes of apology, a round trip of more than 3,000 miles, which lasted 8 days. In January 1985, the winery reported to the Autonomous Region and the Corps the "Feasibility Study Report on the Yili Daqu Winery Expansion Project with an Annual Output of 5,000 tons". It planned to expand from 1985 to 1990, with the total output of liquor reaching 5,000 tons, including 1,500 famous wines. tons, and strive to reach 10,000 tons of winery by the year 2000. On July 18, 1986, the original "Ili Daqu Winery of the 72nd Regiment of the Fourth Agricultural Division" was renamed "Xinjiang Yili Daqu Winery" and was upgraded from the original company-level organization to a battalion-level organization. In July 1986, half a month before the Xinjiang-wide liquor re-evaluation meeting, the winery successfully produced 38% (v\v) Yili Laojiao. On January 24, 1987, the winery held a meeting for all employees to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the factory, and determined January 15, 1956 as the founding day. On September 5, 1987, Vice Minister of National Defense Xiao Quanfu (former commander of the Xinjiang Military Region) inspected the winery and wrote a gift of "Xinjiang Moutai, famous throughout the country".