- CEO
- Zong Xiang Jiang
- Full Time Employees
- 29,870
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Beverages - Alcoholic
- Address
- Tsingtao Beer Tower Qingdao People's Republic of China 266071
- IPO Date
- Jan 5, 2010
- Business
- Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited engages in the production, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of beer products primarily in Mainland China across seven regional segments including Shandong, South China, North China, East China, and Southeast China regions, as well as Hong Kong, Macau, and other overseas markets; it offers core beer brands such as flagship Tsingtao Beer (a 4.7% ABV pale lager and unpasteurized Tsingtao Draft Beer brewed with Laoshan Spring mineral water at its Qingdao facility), Tsingtao Dark Beer (5.2% ABV), Laoshan Beer, Hans Brewery, Tsingtao Pure Draft, Special Edition beers, and Tsingtao Spirulina Green Beer (4.5% ABV green pilsner); the company also provides ancillary services encompassing wealth management, agency collection and payments, financing, construction, logistics, and technology promotion. Founded in 1903 by the Anglo-German Brewery Co. Ltd. in Qingdao—now its headquarters in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China—the company holds approximately 15% of China's domestic beer market share and accounts for half of the nation's beer exports to over 70 countries worldwide, with premium and craft-style beers comprising over 35% of sales volume. Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited maintains over 20 brewing facilities and one malting mill, supporting an annual production capacity of around 16 million hectoliters, while focusing on sustainability initiatives such as carbon emission reductions and water usage efficiency. In recent developments, the company initiated construction of major industrial projects in 2023, including a 1 million-kiloliter expansion in its Pingdu intelligent industrial park, upgrades to its Qingdao intelligent manufacturing demonstration plant, and a new craft beer brewery in Qingdao's West Coast New Area, with total investments exceeding RMB 1 billion; it announced a strategic partnership in September 2025 with Carabao and Namyong to strengthen its Thai market presence on the 50th anniversary of Thai-Chinese relations; additionally, Tsingtao pursued but terminated in October 2025 its planned CNY 665 million acquisition of Jimo Yellow Wine (Jimo Laojiu brand) due to unmet conditions, after which it continues to prioritize beer portfolio diversification and channel expansions.