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 | 2003 Qingdao International Beer Festival: Chinese visitors drink Budweiser beer during the opening of a 17-day beer festival in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong province August 15, 2003. 'China is our fastest growing market and our focus right now. Sales of Budweiser are growing 15 to 20 percent annually,' Anheuser-Busch chief executive Patrick Stokes told Reuters in the coastal city of Qingdao. China now brews 237 million hectoliters of beer a year, about 60 percent of the country's capacity, after a haphazard expansion and acquisition spree over the past two years. Picture taken August 15,2003. click to open  |  | 2003 Qingdao International Beer Festival: A worker of Tsingtao Beer checks canned beer on a production line Saturday Aug. 16, 2003 at Tsingtao Beer's No.1 Factory in Qingdao, China. Qingdao hosts the 13th Qingdao International Beer Festival from Aug. 15th and the main attention of the festival this year is the local beer brand Tsingtao Beer, Chinese biggest beer company, which marked its centennial this year. click to open |  | 2003 Qingdao International Beer Festival: Chinese visitors drink beer at Tsingtao beer hall in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong province, August 15, 2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao Beer, launched a 17-day beer festival on Friday. Tsingtao, founded 100 years ago by German investors in Qingdao, faces a tough anniversary year after the SARS outbreak earlier this year hit sales of its flagship brand. click to open |  | 2003 Qingdao International Beer Festival: Chinese participants wave inflatable Tsingtao beer bottles during a parade in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong province, August 15, 2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao Beer, launched on Friday a 17-day celebration called the '13th Qingdao International Beer Festival'. Tsingtao, founded 100 years ago by German investors in Qingdao, faces a tough anniversary year after the SARS outbreak earlier this year hit sales of its flagship brand. click to open |  | 2003 Qingdao International Beer Festival: Confetti rains down on the Tsingtao Beer queen during the opening of the '13th Qingdao International Beer Festival' in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong province, August 15, 2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao Beer, launched on Friday a 17-day celebration called the '13th Qingdao International Beer Festival'. Tsingtao, founded 100 years ago by German investors in Qingdao, faces a tough anniversary year after the SARS outbreak earlier this year hit sales of its flagship brand. click to open |
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