China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the Ministry of Agriculture have jointly drawn up a five-year plan for the Chinese wine industry, the drinks business reported.
“The plan will look to usher in changes in six areas: grape planting management, seeking suitable wine-producing areas in northwest China, classification management, acceleration of mergers and acquisitions, speeding up the development of listed companies, and investment in science and technology,” the drinks business reported.
“The ultimate goal is to increase wine production in China to 2.2m kiloliters by 2015; more than double that of 2010.”