Anecdote between Mr. Hu Shih and Changyu

Date:2015-04-13 From:中国新闻网 Print Font size:LargeMediumSmall

In 40th Anniversary Autograph Album of Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Company Limitedprinted in 1932, an inscription of Mr. Hu Shih, cultural master, was included: “Good wine, patriotic zeal. Friend of wine lovers, elite of Chinese goods.”

Mr. Hu Shih praised the wine of Changyu as “friend of wine lovers, elite of Chinese goods”, and he was indeed one of the famous alcoholic “wine lovers”.

On August 15, 1922, a student of Law Department of Peking University named Xu Wangzhi, sent a letter to Mr. Hu Shih and proposed several opinions on the weekly newspaper Efforts founded by him. This young man, Xu Wangzhi, served as the manager of Changyu Company 12 years later, who conformed the naming of Changyu Jiebaina Dry Red and applied for and registered the trademark. Chen Yaoming