Director of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Meets with CEO of PMl

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Mar.19.2024
Director of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Meets with CEO of PMl
The CEO of Philip Morris International (PMI) met with Chinese tobacco officials in Beijing for friendly discussions.

On March 19th, Zhang Jianmin, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, and General Manager of China Tobacco Corporation, met with the visiting CEO of Philip Morris International (PMI), André Calantzopoulos in Beijing. The two sides had a friendly discussion.

 

Member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the National Bureau Xu met together.

 

The heads of the Foreign Affairs Department, Development Planning Department, Economic Operations Department, China Tobacco Sales Corporation, and China Tobacco International Group Limited attended the meeting.

 

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