Director of STMA Urges Key Brands Reform

Source from:  Eastern Tobacco Newspaper 03/20/2008

Key cigarette brands should carry out reorganization between provinces; industry should pay attention to optimization of resources, director of STMA Jiang Chengkang said in tobacco industry operation meeting. In March 12, STMA held industry economic operation meeting. This meeting analyzed the development and trend of cigarette brands, and the further reform policy on key brands. Jiang Chengkang provided several proposals on tobacco industry future development. First, keep steady and healthy development for industry. Second, makes effort to build more than 10 key brands. Third, form brands lines with healthy competition. Fourth, make policy to improve key brands development. Fifth, improves brands reorganization between provinces. Sixth, improves quality leaf tobacco yield. Enditem