Craft Beer Revolution in USA and China By fun23231 Jan 1, 1900 Harbin first Beer Brewery in China founded. The first brewery in China is opened in Harbing Jan 1, 1903 Qingdao Brewery opened Germans open a brewery in Qingdao, Shandong Province in China. Jan 17, 1917 Probition in USA starts Dec 5, 1933 Prohibiton in USA ends Oct 1, 1978 Jimmy Carter allows homebrew in USA Jul 1, 1983 Six biggest breweries in USA share 92% of the market Jul 1, 1993 Microbreweries are starting to boom in the USA Jul 1, 2009 4 biggest breweries in China share 55% of the market Jun 1, 2010 Gao Yan publish first book in Chinese on how to brew beer at home Oct 1, 2010 Great Leap opens in Beijing Carl Setzer opens his Great Leap mircobrewery in Beijing. Jan 13, 2012 Beijing Homebrew Association has it's founding meeting