Meeting between China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and China Coast Guard

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Dec.19.2024
Meeting between China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and China Coast Guard
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and China Coast Guard officials discuss cooperation in combating tobacco smuggling at sea in Beijing.

On December 19, the Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, and General Manager of the China National Tobacco Corporation, Zhang Jianmin, held talks in Beijing with the Political Commissar of the China Coast Guard, Li Songde, exchanging views on promoting the anti-smuggling work at sea.


Liu Sanjiang, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the National Bureau, Liu Houjie, Deputy Political Commissar and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the China Coast Guard, and Zhang Jianming, Chief of the Law Enforcement Department of the China Coast Guard, held a meeting together.


Officials from the National Bureau and the China Coast Guard participated in the meeting.


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