According to the records of “Chronicles of Huayang” and “History of Shehong county”, brewing in Shehong began in the Western Han dynasty, prevailed in the Tang and Song dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties and expanded in the contemporary. The ancient Chinese poet Du Fu ever came here and praised it by poem “the spring liquor in Shehong county is still green although in winter”. the development of Shede spirits can be divided into the following four stages:
1940.10.01——brewery officially established.
1945——a successful candidate named Ma Tianqu in early Qing dynasty took the meaning of “Tuo spring brewed flavory liquor, its name well-known in centuries”, thus named it as “Tuopai qujiu”.
1951.12——the government of Shehong county carried out public ownership transformation to the Tai‘an workshop and established Shehong county experimental Qujiu distillery, Tuopai qujiu come from this.
January, 1980——Tuopai qujiu won the title of "Sichuan famous liquor" of the second liquor evaluation reception of Sichuan province.
1989——Tuopai qujiu won the gold medal of the fifth national liquor evaluation reception, namely "Chinese famous liquor".
In early 1990s——Tuopai qujiu distillery implemented the reform of modern enterprise system.
1994——Tuopai qujiu brewery had become a pilot enterprise in national 100 modern enterprise system.
1995——Tuopai group co., LTD founded.
1995——Tuopai group issued stocks to the public.
May, 1996——“Tuopai shares” had been listed on the Shanghai stock exchange.
1997——Tuopai group had become 37 expansion enterprises in Sichuan province.
2003——The fifth phase of technical improve project completed that invested a cumulative of 450 million yuan by Tuopai group.
June, 2005——the historic site of “Tai’an workshop” was one of the first batch to be listed as Chinese food cultural heritage.
June, 2008——“traditional brewing technique of Tuopai qujiu” was awarded as "the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage".
October, 2009——Tuopai group won the title of China quality award.
January, 2010——Willow town of Shehong county renamed as Tuopai town.
November, 2012——“Tai’an workshop" was listed in the Preparatory Directory for World Cultural Heritages of China.
September, 2015——“Tunzhihu” has been honored with the first prize of “Brussels Liquor Competition Gold Prize” in Belgium, products of Shede and Tuopai won 2 gold awards and 2 silver awards respectively.
June 2016---Shede spirits completed enterprise restructuring
November, 2016——Launched new strategic products of Tuopai - Tuopai Tianqu, Tequ and Youqu.
July, 2017——a large-scale of high-end celebrity talk show "Shede wisdom lecture" was broadcast.
October, 2017——the first ecological brewing industry technology research institute of China was established in Shede spirits.
January, 2018——Shede spirits’ strategic little liquor- Tuoxiaojiu listing press conference was held.
January, 2018——"Sichuan Tuopai Shede spirits co., LTD." was renamed as "Shede spirits co., LTD.".
March, 2018——the new product "wisdom Shede" got listed. The Shede arts center was completed on the same day.
March, 2018——Shede spirits culture IP - poetry dance of “the greatest spirit” premiered in Chengdu.
June, 2018——“Shede” and “Tuopai” has been listed as the top 500 most valuable brands in China in the “World Conference on Brand”, with the combined value of two brands exceeding 70billion yuan, ranking the third in China's liquor industry.
September, 2018——“the greatest spirit" successfully toured in Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles in North America, and had a successful press conference on Shede listed in California.
November, 2018——Shede spirits won the title of “business card of Sichuan”.
January, 2019——Shede was awarded the title of “CCTV China intelligent high-end liquor brand” by CCTV.
During the two sessions in March 2019——“the greatest spirit” landed on the National Center for the Arts.
December 31, 2020 ---Fosun Group officially entered Tuopai shede.
