before liberation, there were three breweries in Shanghai. One was the Scandinavian brewery run by Norwegians, which was built in 1912 and was the earliest brewery in Shanghai. Because of its excellent beer quality and increasing demand, it was moved to its current location (Yichang Road, Shanghai) in 1933 to expand the new brewery, which was completed in 1936. The new factory was renamed "British Business Shanghai Beer Company" (the predecessor of Shanghai Brewery), and the beer produced by "Friends Beer" (U? B? BEER), also known as Shanghai Beer, was renamed Shanghai Brewery in 1958; The second is China Brewery operated by French businessmen, which was built in 1928 and renamed as National Brewery in 1935. During the Japanese rule, it was changed to Alcohol Factory, which is now Shanghai Alcohol Factory. The third is Jardine Matheson Brewery, which was founded in 1933 by Jardine Matheson, a British merchant. It was taken over by Sakura ale Co., Ltd. in 1942 and returned to Jardine Matheson after Japan surrendered. After liberation, British merchants sold it to China at a fixed price and renamed it Huaguang Brewery.
Before the liberation of Beijing, there were two breweries. One was Beijing Brewery. In 1941, it was built on a land of 16, square meters by Sakura ale Co., Ltd. of Japan. At that time, the production scale was very small, and the beer produced was only for the military supplies of the Japanese invaders. Four years later, Japan surrendered, and the brewery was taken over by Kuomintang * *, and it was sold to private operators in less than a year. At that time, the largest beer production was only about 2 tons a year. After the founding of New China, the Sugar Industry Administration of the Ministry of Young Industry took over the brewery in 1953, changed the name of the brewery to Beijing Brewery, abolished the original "Pegasus" trademark, and began to produce Beijing beer. The second is Beijing Shuanghesheng Brewery, which is run by China national capitalists. At the end of Qing Dynasty, beer in Beijing was imported from Germany, Japan and other countries. In 1915, Zhang Tingge, a Chinese businessman living in Russia, and Yao Xigela, a Czech, came to Beijing and visited a "beer soda factory" in Yuquan Mountain, but it only produced soda, not beer, and it was only in name only. At that time, it coincided with the outbreak of World War I in Europe, and German beer could not be imported. So Zhang Tingge took this opportunity to transfer the funds in Vladivostok back to China, and together with seven people, including Shandong businessman Hao Shengtang, who had the same enthusiasm for "saving the country through industry", raised 2, silver dollars to set up a Chinese-run brewery next to Guang 'anmen Station, which can attract Yuquan landscape. At that time, it was 19 shares in total, while Zhang and Hao accounted for more than 15 shares. Therefore, They took out the word "Sheng" from the famous business association "Happiness is like flowing water in the East China Sea, and the financial resources are flourishing up to three rivers", thus naming it "Shuanghesheng". More than 2 employees were recruited, and most of the wine-making machinery and equipment came from Germany, and the Czech Yaoxigora wine-making technician was hired to take charge of the technology. The first batch of "five-star brand beer" was produced in 1916 with excellent hops and strong yeast imported from Germany. The liquor was clear and transparent, the foam was white and delicate, and the taste was pure, which was not inferior to imported beer. It was not only popular in Beijing, but also sold well in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hankou. In 1926, he won the prize at the domestic products exhibition of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce at that time, and won the prize at the Panama International Exhibition. Since the 192s, Five-Star Beer has been resold from Tianjin to Hongkong, Macau and Nanyang Islands, and its reputation has spread far and wide overseas, which is a successful example in China's national beer industry.
In the same period, there were other breweries built by national capitalists in China. For example, the breweries in the three northeastern provinces built in Harbin in 194 were the first breweries run by Chinese. In 1924, Harbin established Wuzhou Beer Soda Factory. 192 Shandong Yantai Liquan Brewery (predecessor of Yantai Brewery); Wuyang Brewery (the predecessor of Guangzhou Brewery) established in Guangzhou in 1935, etc., all of which were run by China national bourgeoisie.