Delegation of Provincial Corporation Visits Quality Tobacco Production Prefecture

Source from:  TobaccoChina Online 04/02/2011

A high-level delegation from Zhejiang Provincial China Tobacco Industry Corporation in east China's economically developed Zhejiang Province visited Enshi Prefecture - a high-quality leaf tobacco production area in central China's Hubei Province - on March 19, holding talks with relevant leaders of the local government on bilateral cooperation in the development of a base of modern tobacco agriculture in Enshi. During the talks, the delegation said that Zhejiang Provincial China Tobacco Industry Corporation will extend support to Enshi Prefecture in unit construction of the base of modern tobacco agriculture, and will increase the purchase of quality leaf tobacco from units of the base in 2011. Enshi Prefecture is a leading supplier of quality leaf tobacco for Zhejiang Provincial China Tobacco Industry Corporation in cigarette production. Over the past few years, the two sides have kept strengthening cooperation between them. In 2010, Zhejiang Provincial China Tobacco Industry Corporation purchased 190,000 dan (9,500 tons) of flue-cured tobacco from Enshi Prefecture. In 2011, the corporation will launch all-round cooperation with Enshi Prefecture in multiple fields including development of the base of modern tobacco agriculture and execution of projects of scientific-technological research, according to the delegation. The delegation also said that Zhejiang Provincial China Tobacco Industry Corporation will extend support and assistance to Enshi Prefecture in settling difficulties and problems faced by it in soil acidification, leaf tobacco curing, aromatization of leaf tobacco, investment in the establishment of storage facilities at the base of modern tobacco agriculture, etc, in order to promote tobacco production in Enshi Prefecture to a higher level, and realize a win-win situation. Enditem