In 1892, the businessman and Chinese consul in Singapore Cheong Fatt Tze vulgo Chang Bishi (1840-1916) founded a winery called "Chang Yu" in Yantai in the Chinese province of Shandong. The name is formed from his family name and the Chinese characters for "prosperity". The founding of the company is equated with the beginning of China's modern wine history. Chang Bishi bought 67 hectares of land and introduced 150 European Vitis vinifera varieties for cultivation trials. He was aware that modern viticulture would only be possible with the support of European experts. The Austro-Hungarian consul Baron Max von Babo (1862-1933), the son of August-Wilhelm von Babo (1827-1894), head of the Klosterneuburger Weinbauinstitut), was hired as advisor and cellar master.
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