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The taproom at Wibby’s launching the brewery just in XRL Brewery north of Denver was three years ago. filled with the happy chatter “The craft beer revolution is of more than 100 locals on now a global phenomenon, potential Saturday afternoon, while not just confined to the Unit­ outside, in the bright Colora­ ed States,” Pease said, adding: do sunshine, musicians were “China has the biggest beer By CHINA DAILY playing to another crowd. producing and consuming in Hong Kong “This is the future of the market in the world, and that beer experience in America,” is very attractive to us.” Chief Executive Carrie Lam said patron Josh Garner, 32, Cheng Yuet­ngor on Tuesday whose black Labrador retriev­ China market stressed her full confidence in er sat patiently by his side at Brewery owners are quick the recently launched high­ the main bar, surrounded by to express their hope of speed rail service. tables filled with adults play­ entering the lucrative China Lam made the remarks at a ing Monopoly and children market. press briefing before the week­ drawing with their parents. “Sure, we’d love to sell our ly Executive Council meeting, “We call it the taproom ,” said Susan replying to media queries over phenomenon,” said Robert Greene, National Sales Man­ the lower­than­expected num­ Pease, president of the Brew­ ager of 21st Amendment ber of passengers recorded in ers Association, a unique in San Leandro, Cal­ the past week since the launch craft beer voice in the US ifornia. “Who wouldn’t?” Tung Chee­hwa (center), vice­chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee and former chief execu­ of the Hong Kong section of since 1978, when it started (The brewery takes its tive, talks to a young student at the closing ceremony of InnoTech Expo 2018 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Tuesday. The the Guangzhou­Shenzhen­ with only 42 members. name from the 21st Amend­ expo is organized by Our Hong Kong Foundation chaired by Tung. Tan Tieniu (on Tung’s left), deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central Hong Kong Express Rail Link. Some 6,800 craft breweries ment to the US Constitution, People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR, also attended the event. PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY According to Immigration dot the landscape, with most which revoked an earlier Department statistics, some featuring the latest cultural amendment prohibiting the 78,000 people entered or exit­ attraction — the taproom. consumption of alcohol.) ed Hong Kong through the “It’s where men, women, Thus far, 20 craft brewer­ border control point in the kids, dogs and families will go ies have entered the Chinese West Kowloon Station on together to a small, independ­ market, including East Coast Monday — the first day of the ent local brewery and sample breweries Brooklyn and Sar­ Official: Ecology of nation seven­day National Day holi­ beers there in a more wel­ anac (New York) and Victory day on the mainland. coming environment,” Pease Brewing (Pennsylvania) and, The number is the highest told Xinhua News Agency. most recently, Left Hand recorded since the launch of Thanks to such innovative Brewery Co from Longmont, the XRL Hong Kong section on approaches, craft beer has Colorado, according to Pease. is ‘grim’, despite progress Sept 23, though still lower than climbed to a $25 billion indus­ The brewers’ association the government’s estimate of try and taken a 23 percent president has been traveling 80,000 people a day. chunk out of the traditional to China for 10 years to pro­ The official estimate is not a light ’s market share. mote the export of craft beer, Report calls for tougher penalties, says update of 1994 rules badly needed target for XRL operations, but Pease says US craft beer has hosted Chinese distribu­ the best estimate at the time entrepreneurs “got their tors in the US and has seen By HOU LIQIANG Ecology and Environment. 1,800 companies have been tions in the reserve stands at based on several factors, start in this country by imi­ “steady and incremental [email protected] Environmental violations shut down so far this year in a 10,000 yuan ($1,500). including the frequency of tating the old European beer growth” in the Chinese mar­ have been found in some of law enforcement campaign “The punishment is light trains and an assessment of styles and culture, especially ket. China’s top environmental the country’s natural reserves focused on natural reserves. and the cost for violations is people’s traveling arrange­ the United Kingdom, Belgi­ “China right now is our authority has called for an even after the central authori­ Meanwhile, illegal structures low,” he said, adding that the ments, explained Lam. um and Germany.” fifth­largest market,” he said, update to the country’s laws ties seriously investigated the having a total floor area of 19 penalties fail to warn the vio­ The CE stressed the high­ “When go to a guest­ noting that the biggest chal­ and regulations on the con­ irregularities in Gansu Qili­ million square meters have lators effectively. speed rail is a new cross­ house or a pub, you don’t see lenge facing US exporters to servation of natural reserves anshan National Nature been demolished. According to the ministry, boundary infrastructure televisions; you’ll see people China “is a lack of cold chain after an intensive law Reserve and severely pun­ Some local authorities fail the country is drawing “red which people need time to get actually having to talk to each infrastructure — shipping, enforcement effort uncov­ ished those held accountable, to attach enough importance lines” around key ecological used to. other and interacting with storing and serving the beer ered lingering environmental said Cui Shuhong, head of to the conservation of nature, zones with fragile environ­ She hoped people can look each other. You put away your cold,” Pease said. violations in protected areas. nature and ecology conserva­ Cui said, adding that some ments for protection. The red at the prospects. The West phone and pretend like it’s The association participat­ China has seen continuous tion at the ministry, during a officials have given a green lines will enclose most natu­ Kowloon Cultural — a 1985, and talk to somebody. ed in the spring improvement in its natural news conference on Saturday. light to developments that ral reserves and some areas complex of museums and cul­ We think that’s great,” he said. National Craft Beer Festival environment, with fewer are­ In 2017, an inspection team invade protected areas even that are important for biodi­ tural venues — has yet to open. The crowd at Wibby’s fit in conjunction with Beijing’s as plagued by pollution and from the central government though they knew such devel­ versity. It said 15 provincial It would also attract more Pease’s description. People of Great Leap Brewing, found­ other degradation. Even so, found a number of irregulari­ opment was illegal, he said. regions have released tourists when it opens, added all ages were mostly focused ed in 2010, where Pease dis­ dramatic harm has been done ties in the Qilianshan reserve “Officers have found in detailed lines and plans. Lam. on conversation and beer cussed ways to bring US craft in some areas because of min­ in Gansu province, including their inspections that the ille­ Red lines are geographical The CE also said that the tasting. beer to the world’s most pop­ ing, development and the over­exploitation of mineral gal activities in some of the boundaries that must not be estimate about passenger trips “This brewpub is quickly ulous nation. expansion of urban and farm­ resources, illegal construc­ reserves stopped during their crossed. was put into the agreement becoming an institution and As one of its innovative ing areas, according to a tion and operation of hydro­ visits. When they made sur­ Currently, about 10 to 15 signed between the govern­ landmark in Longmont,” Gar­ approaches to beer drinking, report on changes in the power facilities and excessive prise visits later to these percent of lands containing ment­owned Kowloon­Canton ner said while sipping a the association has been nation’s ecological status. emissions by local enterpris­ reserves, however, they found key ecological systems or pro­ Railway and the Mass Transit Moondoor Dunkel, a silver working with world­class “The ecological environ­ es. More than 100 officials, the activities going ahead at tected species are not listed as Railway corporations. There award winner at the 2017 chefs over the past decade to ment in the country remains including three at vice­minis­ full steam,” he said. protected areas. The red lines was no need to worry about the Great American Beer Festival. discover food offerings that fragile. The situation for the terial level, have been held Cui attributed the ongoing will enclose such unprotected financial situation, she said. Longmont, 65 kilometers complement beer, much as ecology is still grim. The con­ accountable for the viola­ violations to incomplete laws areas. This will help a lot in Frederick Ma Si­hang, chair­ north of Denver, is a big town wine enthusiasts have been flicts between conservation tions. Some of them were and regulations. The regula­ curbing ecological degrada­ man of Hong Kong’s high­ in the foothills of the Rocky doing for centuries. and development are as seri­ removed from their posts. tion covering the conserva­ tion and safeguard the ecolo­ speed rail operator MTR Mountains. A popular event at the ous as ever,” according to the Cui said about 900 govern­ tion of natural reserves in gy, said Gao Jixi, director of Corporation, said many citi­ 2018 GABF was called “pair­ report, which was released on ment officials have been held China was drafted in 1994. the Nanjing Institute of Envi­ zens have not yet realized the Entrepreneurs ing”, where 26 chefs from the Saturday by the Ministry of accountable and more than The maximum fine for viola­ ronmental Sciences. convenience offered by the The industry has attracted US and France each com­ high­speed train. many young, 30­something bined two beers with gour­ He believes that with further US entrepreneurs, Pease not­ met dishes, creating culinary High-wire publicity and promotion, the ed, and Wibby’s again follows samples for attendees. number of passengers will rise suit. It opened in 2015, when The association’s executive performance in future. In time people might Ithaca college pals Ryan Wib­ chef, Adam Dulye, who stud­ even complain that the West by and Ted Risk bought and ied cooking in France and Adili Wuxor, who calls himself the “Prince Kowloon Station is too small, renovated an old building in co­authored CraftBeer.com’s of the Tightrope”, walks a wire above the Ma ventured. an industrial part of Long­ Beer & Food Course said pair­ Yellow River in the Ningxia Hui autono­ The Immigration Depart­ mont that was once part of a ing US craft beer with China’s mous region on Monday. ment data shows that about turkey processing plant. diverse and eclectic cuisine FENG KAIHUA / XINHUA 990,000 people left or entered “You see many of Ameri­ was a win­win scenario. Hong Kong on Monday — with ca’s new brewpubs started by “Hops go really well with 650,000 people entering. young entrepreneurs, who the peppers that are present About 270,000 people used the have uplifted neighborhoods in a lot of their food,” he said. Lo Wu Control Point. in inner cities by offering a “You got deep, dark­roasted festive establishment where malts that combine well with Yang Zekun contributed to people from the community things that are roasted over the story. can gather,” Pease said. the fire; you’ve got a lot of Wibby, who turns 34 in beers that have a subtle fla­ December, completed a six­ vor that go well with fish month Certified Brewmaster dishes.” Friction: Dispute will threaten ‘global economy at large’ Course in Berlin before XINHUA

From page 1 only deteriorate if Trump you take a company like Sie­ Dent said that automakers will feel the impact of the makes a further move. mens, which makes SUV vehi­ in the UK are likely to be the trade war strongly, and the fall sourced from the UK. “In the most recent round of cles in the US, it will be worst hit by a trade war. in profitability will hit the UK In addition, the US tariffs the dispute, Trump warned impacted by tariffs both ways. Daimler has already economy.” imposed on European Union that if China retaliated, then Its exports to China will be hit, announced that the tariffs on Dent said the trade dispute steel and aluminum exports in nearly all goods exported from but also the components it cars exported from the US to has already hit UK export May have adversely affected China to the US could face sources from China.” China contributed to its prof­ growth, which has fallen from £389 million of UK exports, additional duties. As China did Wang has just returned its falling from €2.5 billion 14.2 percent year­on­year in leading to a total impact on indeed retaliate, the ball is back from the US presenting the ($2.9 billion) in the second the second quarter last year to £1.9 billion of exported goods. in Trump’s court,” she said. Center for China and Globali­ quarter of 2017 to €1.8 billion 1.9 percent now. Dent said on Monday that Wang Huiyao, president zation’s own report, China­US in the same period this year. She said it has already also because of the nature of glob­ and founder of the Center for Trade Relations and Challen­ “The global nature of car affected consumer confidence al supply chains, the tariffs China and Globalization, the ges, at 20 events across the production often means that — the YouGov/Cebr UK con­ China placed on US goods leading Beijing­based inde­ country. components cross many bor­ sumer confidence index have had a bigger impact pendent think tank and a “As the world’s two largest ders before the final car is already fell notably when than those imposed directly counselor to the State Coun­ economies, the US and China assembled. If each element Trump announced his steel on the EU, of which the UK is cil, China’s Cabinet, said on collectively account for faces a tariff at border cross­ and aluminum tariffs — and a member. Tuesday that the eventual almost half of global GDP, ings, costs will accumulate she expects it to have a damag­ “A far greater impact on the effect of the trade measures underwriting global prosperi­ along supply chains,” she said. ing effect on equity markets. UK comes through the esca­ will be felt globally. ty. A trade war between the Dent said this could be par­ “(The recent escalation) was lating US­China trade war,” “It certainly won’t just affect two will inevitably lead to a ticularly damaging to the UK already priced in by market she said. the UK, but many European lose­lose outcome, harming economy since the auto indus­ players, though further escala­ Dent, who has done exten­ countries and others too. I not only both countries, but try made up 12 percent of tions of the trade war are likely A man gets a beer at Jackie’s Beer Nest, a taproom in sive research into global value don’t think people fully under­ also the global economy at exported UK goods. to have a negative impact (on . RUI YI / FOR CHINA DAILY chains, fears the situation can stand the complexity of this. If large,” that report concluded. “The UK car manufacturers stock markets),” she said.