China Asks Officials to Spend Less on Cigarettes, Alcohol and Travel; Here's Why

China's Moutai serves shareholders juice, not baijiu, as austerity bites

DALIAN, China -- Major Chinese baijiu liquor maker Kweichow Moutai is making headlines by choosing not to serve its top-shelf Feitian at a shareholder

According to the official Xinhua news agency, Xi Jinping's government and the Communist Party have decided to reduce wasteful expenditure in the notice. Apart from this, spending on alcohol and cigarettes has been banned. More hard work and savings have been asked, wasteful expenditure and waste have been opposed.

China Bans Alcohol and Lavish Banquets Among Government Staff

In an attempt to rein in bureaucratic excess and promote frugality, the government has renewed guidelines taking aim at conspicuous consumption and glut.

Alcohol is a lubricant for many businesses in China. Those who don't want to join in risk their careers – those who join in, their lives. Younger Chinese people are becoming more and more rare.

China orders officials to curb alcohol, cigarette spending amid Xi Jinping’s austerity push

The rules echo Xi’s call to slash official spending as land sale revenues fall and local governments grapple with massive debt and tighter budgets.

China asks officials to spend less on cigarettes, alcohol and travel; Here's why

Chinese authorities in 2023 had asked its officials to embrace austerity measures, in a move to strengthen Jinping's drive to fight corruption. It has reiterated that instruction.