As we all know, there is a gourmet street in Yantai called Shangkuang West Road, which originally is a large slope high in the South and low in the north. If you go down the slope, there is an old-fashioned multi-storey residential area at the north end of the road, opposite Four Eye Bridge Street. If you ask old Yantai people, they usually call it "old cannery dormitory". Although the name cannery has not been used for many years, it still has a place in the memory of the local people because of its brilliance in the 1980s.

 

Yantai old cannery was formally established in the 1950s, but the cannery industry foundation of Yantai can be traced back to earlier. According to the records, the first canning company in Yantai was established in 1913. In 1914, East Asian Canneries and Fine Canneries were established one after another. Defeng Cannery and Fuxing Cannery opened in 1915. Zhendong, Donghai and Xietaichang Canneries have also been established. The main products are fruits, aquatic products, meat and sundry products.

 

 

 

In the 1950s, on the basis of previous studies, Yantai integrated resources and established a cannery. During this period, the name changed many times. It was called Yantai Cannery of Yantai City Industrial Company, Yantai Cannery of Shandong Industrial Office, and Yantai Cannery of Shandong Province. Since then, Yantai Cannery was finally named Yantai Cannery General Factory in the 1970s, and entered a glorious period in the 1980s.

 

 

 

From the location, the old cannery is located roughly at the intersection of Huanshan Road and Shengli Road. According to the records of a light industry in Shandong Province, Yantai Cannery in the 1980s covers an area of 131507 square meters, with a total building area of 82698 square meters. It is a large-scale enterprise.

 

Yantai is a famous fruit town in the north. Apples, pears and cherries are local specialties, so canned fruits are also the star products of Yantai Cannery. The factory mainly produces more than 30 varieties and 40 specifications of fruits, jams, poultry, aquatic products, vegetables and canned dried fruits. "Flywheel" Canned Cherry Sugar Water is a famous brand product of the factory. It was first produced in 1961. In 1979, it was appraised as a high-quality product of Shandong Province and Ministry of Light Industry. In 1980, it was ranked the first in East China Cooperative Area, with the highest annual output of 197 tons. "Flywheel" brand canned sugar-water Yangli pear was awarded as a high-quality product of the Ministry of Light Industry in 1979 and 1983.

 

In addition to fruit, lunch meat is also the fist product of Yantai Cannery. "Flywheel" brand 397 grams of canned lunch meat, in 1985 was rated as the Ministry of Light Industry quality products. Many Yantai people have memories of eating canned lunch meat in their childhood.