Diaoyutai Liquor Industry, affiliated to Guizhou Diaoyutai Guobin Liquor Co., Ltd., is a well-known sauce-flavor liquor brand. The brand identity is derived from Qianlong’s imperial pen. The company was established in 1999 in the core liquor-producing area of Maotai Town on the Chishui River with Beijing Diaoyutai State Guest House as the main investment body. It covers an area of more than 150 mu and has formed an annual output of 3,000 tons of Maotai-flavor liquor.