Development of 'Key' Brands Urged

Source from:  tobaccoreporter.com China, Monday, June 25, 2007 06/28/2007

The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration's (STMA) director general, Jiang Chengkang, has backed plans to develop more than a dozen key cigarette brands as a way to increase the competitiveness of China's tobacco industry. But in an address to an STMA symposium held in Beijing earlier this month, Jiang said that the STMA would encourage also the development of successful new brands. Enditem