<strong>China: STMA Delegation Inspects Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co.</strong>

Source from:  HongyunHonghe Group 07/05/2013

A high-level delegation from the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), led by Deputy Director-General Yang Peisen, inspected Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd. affiliated to HongyunHonghe Tobacco Group in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on June 20, affirming achievements made by the company and giving instructions on its future business development.

The STMA delegation also included Deputy Director Guo Qigui of the STMA's Development Planning Department, and General Manager Wu Jianming and Deputy General Manager Wang Weiping of China Shuangwei Investment Corporation. Accompany the STMA delegation on the inspection were Director and General Manager Dong Xiaomin of the Tobacco Monopoly Administration of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which is also the Tobacco Corporation of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and China Tobacco Industry Development Center Deputy General Manager and Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd. Board of Directors Chairman Li Zenglin.

The STMA delegation first of all inspected the technology research and development center and the production and manufacturing center of Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd., before holding talks with senior executives of the company.

At the talks, General Manager Li Jianping of Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd., who is also deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee at Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd., reported the general situation of the company, and the company's fulfillment of the economic targets in the January-May period and work planning for the whole of 2013.

Yang Peisen fully affirmed the achievements made by Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd. in its business development, and expressed the belief that the company has registered sustained growth in economic efficiency and a fine situation of development of competitive cigarette brands.

At the same time, Yang Peisen pointed out that the establishment of Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd. was a result of reform and development of China's tobacco industry, and that in the capacity of an enterprise incorporated on the basis of joint reorganization, Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd. needs to earnestly sum up its experience in business development, and well conduct research of management systems, development strategies, market distribution, resources distribution, etc.

The deputy STMA chief expressed the hope that Inner Mongolia Kunming Cigarette Co., Ltd. will, under the leadership of the STMA and China Tobacco Industry Development Center, and with the support of the Tobacco Monopoly Administration of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and HongyunHonghe Tobacco Group, realize greater business development on the basis of successes already achieved. Enditem