Founded in May 1949, Hongxing is the first state-owned brewery in China. Twelve time-honored wineries, such as Yuansheng No.,JushengNo. and Longquan No.,in the suburbs of Beijing, were collected, which brought together brewing talents and technologies and exclusively inherited the traditional brewing skills of Erguotou.

Red Star Erguotou products still keep the traditional hand brewing, and at the same time, it is also produced and canned according to the national liquor standards, and most of the products are in accordance with the implementation standards of solid state method.