Yibin

Yibin is a prefecture-stage city in the southeastern a part of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, positioned on the junction of the Min and Yangtze Rivers. Its populace became 4,471,840 population in line with the 2010 census of whom 836,340 lived within the constructed-up area manufactured from Cuiping District. Human habitation of Yibin dates lower back at the least 4,000 years. Yibin changed into established as a county in the Han dynasty.

Under the Ming and Qing, the town and its hinterland turned into called Xuzhou Commandery, which was variously romanized as Suifu, Suifoo, and Suchow. Its population round 1907 changed into anticipated at 50,000. The largest agency in Yibin is Wuliangye, a company quality acknowledged for Wuliangye, a logo of sorghum-primarily based distilled spirits referred to as baijiu.

The Wuliangye Group grew from a small organisation employing simply three hundred people in 1977 right into a massive employer employing over 20,000 on a seven rectangular kilometer plant. One third of pinnacle control positions are held with the aid of retired participants of the army. Unsuccessful efforts to diversify its commercial enterprise, negative transparency and a murky possession images are among the organisation's problems these days. However, liquor isn't the sole product of the WuLiangye Group.