Ongoing beer festival toasts domestic craft breweries

An ongoing festival in Beijing not only points to the present of the country's craft beer but also to its past and future.

The small group of Chinese brewers didn't fully realize what they were creating when they met in a small conference room in Jiangsu's provincial capital, Nanjing, three years ago - that is, the country's first craft brewers' association.

They talked about membership fees and setting up a board instead of selecting a salaried chairperson.