China: The geographical indication of "Shanxi old vinegar" has a pattern to follow

The 31st meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th People's Congress of Shanxi Province stated at a press conference that the Regulations on the Protection of Old Vinegar in Shanxi Province (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) will come into effect on January 1, 2022. Shanxi vinegar culture has a long history, as early as more than 3000 years ago, there were vinegar-making technology. Shanxi vinegar has a wide variety of vinegar. Shanxi mature vinegar has formed its own brewing process in the inheritance and development of hundreds of years. It is acid, fragrant, sweet, and cotton. With its unique quality, rich nutritional value and health benefits, it ranks first among the four famous vinegars in China, and is known as the “best vinegar in the world”. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi vinegar spread all over the country with Shanxi merchants, and even traveled far away. Across the ocean, across the ocean. For a long time, Shanxi old vinegar has problems such ...