Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage
Xiamen (Tong'an), Fujian, China · Est. 1987
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Why this matters
China Pass 29. Local name: 青岛啤酒（厦门）有限公司 / 银城啤酒. Ownership as recorded: Tsingtao Brewery; acquired Yincheng brewery in 2002. Entity type: SUBSIDIARY_PRODUCTION_SITE_HISTORIC_LOCAL_LINEAGE. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Current 2026 Xiamen beer-season reporting identifies Tsingtao as one of Tong'an's two brewery-industry anchors and records its roots in the district since acquiring the old Yincheng brewery in 2002. Older production reporting preserves the local Yincheng/Great White Shark product lineage.
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Beers
Yincheng Beer
HISTORICAL_LOCAL_LINEAGELager / UNKNOWN
China Pass 29. Local name: 银城啤酒. Historic local brand from the predecessor Yincheng brewery acquired by Tsingtao in 2002.
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HISTORICAL_OR_RECENT_LINEAGELager / UNKNOWN
China Pass 29. Local name: 大白鲨啤酒. Tsingtao Xiamen developed/produced the Great White Shark series for the southeast market; current plant-specific 2026 status is not asserted.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook), which cited https://xm.fjsen.com/2026-08/14/content_32235704.htm for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage
- Who owns Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage?
- Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Xiamen (Tong'an), Fujian, China.
- Is Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage independent?
- Yes. Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage founded?
- Tsingtao Brewery (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. / Yincheng lineage was founded in 1987 in Xiamen (Tong'an), Fujian, China.
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