Wine industry awaiting new standard

China Daily reports (3 March 2005) that a new national standard for wine products is likely to be issued this year, in a bid to further regulate the domestic wine market. "The current national standard was drawn up in 1994 and is no longer applicable in the already changed wine market," said Gao Meishu, director of the wine branch of the China Alcoholic Drinks Industry Association. Find the full story here.