Meeting Between State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and South Nanyang Brothers

Sep.27.2024
Meeting Between State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and South Nanyang Brothers
Wang Gongcheng, deputy director of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, met with Zhang Yaohua from Nanyang Brothers Tobacco in Beijing.

On September 27, Wang Gongcheng, member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, met with Zhang Yaohua, the Director General of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd., in Beijing. The two sides held friendly discussions.


Officials from the National Bureau of Administration (Department of Foreign Affairs), Development Planning Department, and the China Tobacco International Limited Company attended the meeting.


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