2FIRSTS and IEVA Shake on Further Cooperation on Annual Development Strategy Meeting

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Jan.05.2023
At 17:00 on January 5 (Beijing time), 2FIRSTS launched the 2023 Annual Development Strategy Meeting online with the Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA). The two sides exchanged views on the 2023 development plan, environmental protection issues of disposables, global vapor industry documentary, and China-EU bilateral market and regulatory information. They also deepened the vision of future cooperation.

Ellesmere Zhu

 

2FIRSTS and IEVA Shake on Further Cooperation on Annual Development Strategy Meeting
source: 2FIRSTS

 

On January 5, 2023, 2FIRSTS held an online meeting with IEVA to discuss the strategic approach for the annual development of 2023. 2FIRSTS's CEO Alan Zhao, COO Echo Guo, International Public Relations Manager Jason Tian, and editors-in-chief of 2firsts.cn and 2firsts.com Yuna Hou and Ellesmere Zhu, as well as IEVA's Chairman Dustin Dahlmann, Treasurer and Membership Manager Ciprian Boboi, and Press Coordinator Philip Drögemüller attended the meeting. The meeting agenda is as follows.

 

1. The two sides conducted in-depth discussions and studies on the commercial feasibility of disposables recycling.

 

2FIRSTS and IEVA Shake on Further Cooperation on Annual Development Strategy Meeting
vape batteries can be a problem | source: 1688.com

 

2. Alan Zhao shared the latest regulatory developments, the market situation of China's e-cigarette industry in 2022, and the forecast for 2023.

 

3. 2FIRSTS communicated with IEVA on more future cooperation projects and deepened their vision of cooperation.

 

At the meeting, IEVA showed its hope to be able to access 2FIRSTS's databases on the list of licensed enterprises, which would facilitate the compliance development of the European e-cigarette industry.

 

2FIRSTS's editors-in-chief exclusively interviewed Cipri on the European e-cigarette market. 2FIRSTS will maintain contact and communication with IEVA, focus on the developments of the European vape market, and join hands with IEVA to foster the healthy and compliant development of the Chinese and European vaping industry.

 

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