CAPE TOWN: The top agricultural official of South Africa's Western Cape Province, the main producing area of South African brandy, said the province is looking forward to new markets in China for its 'world-class' brandy.

China has a large population and many Chinese people like strong alcohol, including brandy, Provincial Minister of Agriculture Ivan Meyer, who is also leader of Government Business in the Western Cape, told Xinhua on the sidelines of the awarding ceremony of a brandy competition in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa.