China: Leaf Tobacco Curing Research Project Passes Expert Assessment

Source from:  TobaccoChina Online 09/27/2012

A key scientific-technological research project funded by China National Leaf Tobacco Corporation, known as Project of Research of Technology for Leaf Tobacco Curing Aromatization in Intensive Curing and Technology for Accurate Curing, passed an on-site expert assessment at a meeting held in east China’s Qingdao City on September 14. The research project was undertaken by the Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences under authorization by China National Leaf Tobacco Corporation. Attending the meeting were more than 20 people including a panel of seven experts led by Professor Gong Changrong with Henan Agricultural University, and chief members of a taskforce for executing the research project from Qingzhou Tobacco Research Institute and Shandong Weifang Tobacco Co., Ltd, under organization by the Department of Science and Technology of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA). The meeting was presided over by Associate Researcher Yang Aiguo with the Department of Science and Technology of the STMA. Deputy Director Wang Shusheng of Qingzhou Tobacco Research Institute was present at the meeting and delivered an address. In performing the assessment, the panel of experts inspected the test and demonstration site of Dongjiazhuang leaf tobacco curing mill in Gaoming Town of Weifang City, heard reports given by the taskforce for executing the project, checked relevant data and raised questions. After sufficient discussions, the panel of experts unanimously agreed that the maturity of upper leaves at the site was fine, that the density of leaf tobacco packed with rods, clamps and baskets was rational, and that curing technology was implemented in an accurate way. The panel of experts also agreed that the leaf tobacco cured was of a fine maturity, loose structure and balanced coloring, with the proportion of orange leaf tobacco reaching 81 percent, and with the proportion of high-grade leaf tobacco reaching 76 percent. The research project was highly pertinent, and was of specific targets, with rational technological lines, with rich contents, and with conspicuous priorities. The crucial Technology for Leaf Tobacco Curing Aromatization in Intensive Curing put forward in the execution of the research project was well applicable, and highly practical. Application of this technology will contribute to effectively solving practical problems in leaf tobacco curing and production, and will generate remarkable efficiency in socioeconomic development. On the basis of these findings, the panel of experts unanimously agreed that the research project had passed the on-site assessment. Enditem