Then in January of 2002, bowing to outside pressure to liberalize after accession to the WTO, the Taiwanese government announced the removal of the ban on private alcohol manufacture, and a new era of beer production and culture was begun.
2002 年元月，台灣在 WTO 入關的「外力壓迫」下，終於宣布開放民間釀酒，啤酒產業與文化才得以展開新的篇章。