A Jiuzhouzhi article published via Huxiu AI surveys AI adoption in Chinese baijiu: Xijiu released a yeast atlas describing 81 yeast species with functional gene annotations; Luzhou Laojiao mapped more than 3,000 mu of campus and over 60,000 devices into a factory-wide digital twin, which the article says raised equipment utilization by 45%, cut maintenance costs by 25% and lifted premium output by more than 21.6%; Guotai's AI blending platform quantifies 1,508 indicators. It also describes Jinshiyuan's 150-plus intelligent steaming robots replicating traditional techniques to millimeter precision, while noting the company says it "benchmarks" rather than replaces veteran brewers. The article warns of "pseudo-digitalization": an unnamed distillery spent 5 million yuan on a QR-code membership system and accumulated tens of millions of members, but more than 90% were one-time users, monthly activity was below 3% and repurchase was under 1%. It argues leading distillers are building efficiency barriers from data assets while smaller firms face combined brand, channel and digital-capability disadvantages.