The spirit itself has history dating back for centuries. In Maotai, Guizhou, there were three private distilleries (Chengyi, Ronghe, and Hengxing) which the Chinese government merged in 1951 to create a state-owned enterprise called Kweichow Moutai. The company was later incorporated as the Moutai Group in 1998 and listed on the
Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2001.
Camus became the worldwide distributor in 2004. in 2017. == Corporate affairs ==