By Wang Zhuoqiong in Beijing and Li Wenfang in Guangzhou |
China Daily |
An image taken on April 20 shows Zhuhai Coca-Cola's production base in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. CHINA DAILY
The first Coca-Cola bottles produced in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, rolled off a production line in 1985. The factory could produce 3,600 glass bottles an hour. By today's standards, the figures were modest.
But for Zhuhai, a young Special Economic Zone by then, the plant represented something much bigger than a beverage factory. It marked the arrival of one of the world's best-known consumer brands and signaled that multinational companies were beginning to see opportunity in China.
