GSMB Company History

1991
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      Guangzhou San Miguel Brewery Co. Ltd, the first joint venture of San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Ltd. in China, inaugurated in February

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      Launched San Miguel Pale Pilsen

1993
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      Breaking ground of the new packaging hall in October to install a new packaging line with packaging capacity up to 50,000 bottles per hour

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      Organized the first ˇ§San Miguel Beer Drinking Contestˇ¨ at Guangzhou Library Plaza; attracting several hundreds of people queuing up to join the contest

1994
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      Launched San Miguel Draught Beer

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was the exclusive sponsor of ˇ§94 Guangzhou Dragon Boat Festival - San Miguel Cupˇ¨, bringing dragon boat races back to Guangzhou Zhuhai after they were discontinued for nineteen years

1995
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Launched San Miguel Dark beer    
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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen sponsored the 1995 International BPR GT (Zhuhai Round) Race , being the appointed beer of the race

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      Ranked 111th in ˇ§The Best 500 Chinese Industrial Enterprises - Overall Ratingˇ¨, and ranked 12th in the category of light industry

1996
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      Ranked 7th in ˇ§Top 50 of Guangzhou Industrial Enterprises - Overall Rating in 1996ˇ¨

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was chosen as the designated beer for the Chinese delegation of the Atlanta Olympic Games

1997
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      Launched San Miguel new TVC featuring Andy Lau

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      Started to conduct the brewery tours for the organized groups

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      Received ISO 9002 accreditation

1998
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      Launched San Miguel Pale Pilsen new packaging in April

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      Launched Guang's Pineapple Beer new packaging in May

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      Launched Valor beer in June

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Guang's Pineapple Beer received gold medals at the 37th Monde Selection

1999
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      Launched Guang's YES beer

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen received a gold medal at the 38th Monde Selection

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San Miguel Pale Pilsen sponsored ˇ§San Miguel 99 CNY Million People City Runˇ¨ 
2000
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      Introduced San Miguel Pale Pilsen 640ml large bottle or called ˇ§enormous bottleˇ¨

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      Launched San Miguel Pale Pilsen new TVC featuring Tony Leung

2001
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      Launched San Mig Light in May

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     San Miguel ˇ§Steinie 640ˇ¨ TVC became one of the ˇ§Ten Most Popular TVCˇ¨ in the first Guangzhou Top Ten TVC Award

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      Received ISO 9001:2000 accreditation

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Both San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Guang's Pineapple Beer received gold medals at the 40th Monde Selection; while Double Happiness beer received a silver medal
2002
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      Launched San Miguel ˇ§That's Freshˇ¨ TVC featuring Stephen Chow

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Guang's Pineapple Beer were awarded the ˇ§2002 Most Welcomed Beer Brand by Guangzhou Citizensˇ¨

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San Miguel Pale Pilsen, San Mig Light and Guang's Pineapple Beer received gold medals at the 41st Monde Selection
2003
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      Launched the new San Miguel ˇ§TVC Walk the Dogˇ¨ featuring Stephen Chow

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      Awarded one of the ˇ§150 Most Trusted Corporations in Guangzhou, China of 2003ˇ¨

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Guang's Pineapple beer were awarded the ˇ§2003 Most Welcomed Beer Brand by Guangzhou Citizensˇ¨

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen, San Mig Light and Guang's Pineapple Beer received gold medals at the 42nd Monde Selection. Both San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Guang's Pineapple Beer received ˇ§International High Quality Trophyˇ¨ for winning gold medals for three consecutive years

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      The exclusive sponsor of the first German Beer Festival in Zhuhai

2004
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      Launched San Miguel Bittersweet in August

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Guang's Pineapple beer were awarded the ˇ§Supreme Quality Beer - Most Welcomed by Guangzhou Citizens in 2004ˇ¨

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen, San Mig Light and Double Happiness received gold medals at the 43rd Monde Selection, while Guang's Pineapple beer received a silver medal. San Mig Light also received the ˇ§International High Quality Trophyˇ¨

2005
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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was awarded ˇ§Consumers' Most Favorite Brand - Beer Brandˇ¨ by Guangzhou Daily

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen, San Mig Light and Guang's Pineapple Beer received gold medals while Platinum Dragon and Gold Dragon received silver medals at the 44th Monde Selection

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Participated in Guangzhou International Beer Festival
2006
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      Consolidated all brewing operations of GSMB to San Miguel (Guangdong) Brewery Co. Ltd (SMGB) in October

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was accredited ˇ§Supreme Quality Beer - Most Welcomed by Guangzhou Citizens 2006ˇ¨

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      Platinum Dragon received a silver medal at the 45th Monde Selection

2007
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      Launched the thematic campaign ˇ§Come Together with San Miguelˇ¨ featuring Jet Li, and sponsored the movie ˇ§Warlordsˇ¨

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      Platinum Dragon received a gold medal at the 46th Monde Selection

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      Participated in Guangzhou International Beer Festival

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was appointed as the official beer of the celebration banquet of Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament

2008
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      Re-launched Guang's Pineapple Beer 330ml can

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      Platinum Dragon and Dragon beer received gold medals at the 47th Monde Selection

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      Participated in the Guangzhou International Beer Festival and Zhuhai Beer Festival

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was appointed as the official beer of the celebration banquet of Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament again

2009
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      Launched San Miguel Draught (Imported)

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      Sponsored the Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championships

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      Participated in the Guangzhou International Beer Festival and Zhuhai Beer Festival

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was appointed as the official beer of the celebration banquet of Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament for three consecutive years

2011
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      SMGBˇ¦s Dragon brand was integrated into GSMB in October

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      Launched the new San Mig Light in April

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Participated in Guangzhou International Beer Festival
2012
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      Launched Guang's Pineapple Beer 640ml bottle

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      San Mig Light awarded ˇ§Champion of the 2012 Outstanding Innovative Productˇ¨ by the Guangzhou Beer Association

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen was appointed as the official beer of the celebration banquet of Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament for four consecutive years

2013
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      Launched new packaging for canned San Miguel Pale Pilsen and launched 500ml King Can in May

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      Launched new packaging for canned Guang's Pineapple Beer

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      Launched Red Horse in May

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Launched new packaging for Dragon brand products to celebrate its 30th anniversary

2014

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        Launched a new communication slogan ˇ§Dragon beer, a beer for Shunde peopleˇ¨

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        Launched the ˇ§Food & San Miguel Beerˇ¨ promotion campaign over Guangzhou, Shunde and Dongguan

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        Sponsored the Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament

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        Sponsored the 2014 Guangdong Restaurant Association's event and received the title of ˇ§Recommended Product of Guangdong's Catering Industryˇ¨

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Sponsored the 5th International Performance Art Festival

2015

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        Launched San Miguel Cerveza Negra (imported from the Philippines) and San Miguel Pale Pilsen (imported from Hong Kong)

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        Sponsored the Guangzhou Scorpions Australian Football Club Matches

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        Sponsored the Getch Charity Festival

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        Sponsored the 7th Breaking Arts Festival

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      Sponsored the 9th Mayor Cup Badminton Competition and received an award for its contribution

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Participated the 13th Terry Fox Run Guangzhou

2016

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        Launched Dragon Qingchun 500ml can in April

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        Launched the ˇ§Heritage and Qualityˇ¨ promotion campaign to enhance the brand image for quality

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        Sponsored Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament

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        Sponsored Earth Hour in Guangzhou - charity event

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        Sponsored the ˇ§San Miguel Cupˇ¨ of Legendsˇ¦ Vision National Amateur Badminton Tournament Guangzhou Station, and organized a beer charity sales to support the ˇ§Badminton Kids Growth Fundˇ¨

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        Participated the charity bazaar organized by Marriott International to support Yao Foundation

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        Participated the 14th Terry Fox Run Guangzhou

2017

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      Launched Dragon Qing Chun 330ml can in January

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      Launched the new 12-can pack for Guangˇ¦s Pineapple Beer in April

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      Launched Dragon Qing Chun 500ml bottle in July

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      Introduced Dragon Gold in amber bottles in December

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      Sponsored the Earth Hour in Guangzhou charity event 

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      Sponsored the 10th Guangzhou Friendship Games

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      Sponsored the 2017 Che Bei Dragon Boat Traditional Cultural Festival 

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      GSMB and SMGB jointly sponsored the 29th Longjiang Singing Competition

2018

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      Launched SML 500ml bottle in January

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      Launched Dragon Legend 330ml can in March

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      Received ISO9002 accreditation

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      Sponsored the Earth Hour in Guangzhou charity event 

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      Sponsored 2018 Che Bei International Dragon Boat Cultural Festival

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      Sponsored the 9th Winter Solstice Charity Event organized by Xia Chang Ancestral Hall

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      Sponsored the 2018 Guangzhou Nationwide Physical Fitness Campaign ˇV Physical Exercise Carnival and Community Arena Contest

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      Sponsored the 3rd Dart World GZ International Tournament

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      Moved to a new office at HighSun Center located in Yuexiu district on 16 March

2019

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      Sponsored Guangzhou Asian Beer Cultural Festival of the Guangzhou Asian Food Festival series

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      Sponsored Che Bei Dragon Boat Cultural Festival and Zhu Village Dragon Boat Banquet

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      Sponsored the beer charity sales of 99 Giving Day to support the GETCH Foundation

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      Sponsored Legacy Tour Amateur Badminton Invitational Tournament Guangzhou Station

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      GSMB and SMGB jointly sponsored the 31st Longjiang Youth Singing Competition

2020

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      Introduced Dragon Legend 330ml bottle in night outlets and in strategic restaurants in June

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      San Miguel Pale Pilsen, San Mig Light, Dragon Legend and imported Red Horse sold by GSMB were available on high-speed trains of China Railway Guangzhou Group since January

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      Ceased operations on 30 November as the business term of GSMB expired on 29 November 2020 in accordance with GSMB's Articles of Association and the Joint Venture Contract between San Miguel (Guangdong) Limited and Guangzhou Brewery

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