Abstract: Chinese liquor has a history of thousands years and the world,s most complicated process. However, the influence of Chinese liquor in the international market is limited so that it is still focused on the domestic market. The export of Chinese liquor to the EU countries with large liquor consumption is very small. The EU,s laws and regulations relating to liquor were collected and preliminarily investigated from the following perspectives: the EU Food Safety Basic Law, food additives, contaminant limits, liquor and alcohol regulations, food labeling and food packaging and contact materials under the EU,s food safety supervision and management framework with the aim of providing some references for Chinese liquor exports to the EU market. The EU ensures food safety mainly through food labeling regulations combined with food additive regulations. In contrast, fundamental studies on physical and chemical ingredients of Chinese liquor are still weak. Therefore, China,s liquor industry should learn from other countries, experience in fundamental research on distilled spirit and wine, especially frontier research directions and ideas, lay down a solid foundation and make efforts to achieve breakthrough progress in fundamental research on physical and chemical ingredients.

Key words: liquor, European Union, Chinese liquor, export, regulation