Suntory, a famous Japanese drinks producer will build a draft-beer production line in China after the establishment of a research and development center in Shanghai. The center was opened by Suntory to increase its competitiveness in the China and it is hoped to improve Suntory's ability to develop new products and accelerate the localisation of Suntory's products and enterprises, according to Yoshikazu Okada, general manager of the Suntory (China) Holding Co Ltd.

In 1996, Suntory set up its first brewery in Shanghai, and now its investment in China has accumulated to some US$150 million. Suntory owns five branches and two breweries in Shanghai and neighboring Jiangsu province.

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