Chinese wine industry grows

China's wine production has been growing by 15 percent annually over the last three years. This means more job opportunities and better lives for many Chinese farmers.

The grape planting bases in Shandong, Hebei, Gansu, Xinjiang and Ningxia have been expanding quickly, creating more job opportunities and increasing the income of local farmers, according to a report by the China National Wine Quality Supervision and Inspection Center.

The report says there are 46 wine companies in China's Shandong Province and more than 30,000 farmers are growing grapes for them.

Xintian International Liquor Company Ltd. has over 10,000 hectares of planting areas and provides a total of 300 million yuan for 20,000 farmers who grow grapes for it.

The report also states the wine industry needs to create more diversified products to maintain its development. In China, mechanized wine production started in 1892.