CHINESE VISITORS DRINK BUDWEISER AT BEER FESTIVAL IN QINGDAO, 2003-08-15 (photo)

Chinese visitors drink Budweiser beer during the opening of a 17-day beer festival in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong province August 15, 2003. "China is our fastest growing market and our focus right now. Sales of Budweiser are growing 15 to 20 percent annually," Anheuser-Busch chief executive Patrick Stokes told Reuters in the coastal city of Qingdao. China now brews 237 million hectolitres of beer a year, about 60 percent of the country's capacity, after a haphazard expansion and acquisition spree over the past two years. Picture taken August 15,2003. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV CC/FA