China's major alcohol enterprises report mixed performance in January-May

Liquor taster Bian Guocai evaluates a base liquor used to make Baijiu at a local distillery in Tongshan Town of Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- China's major alcohol enterprises reported mixed performance in terms of output in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Major distilleries saw the output of Chinese Baijiu, a type of distilled spirit, up 3.4 percent year on year to 3.18 million kiloliters in the reporting period, while that of breweries dropped 5.2 percent to 14.26 million kiloliters, data from the ministry showed.

Major wine-makers saw their output down 31.3 percent year on year to 79,000 kiloliters in the same period.

Major alcohol makers are those with annual operating revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.99 million U.S. dollars).