Meeting between State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and Universal Leaf Tobacco Company CEO

Dec.05.2024
Meeting between State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and Universal Leaf Tobacco Company CEO
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration officials meet with Universal Leaf Tobacco Company CEO for friendly discussions in Beijing.

On December 5th, 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 President and CEO of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Wagner, and his delegation in Beijing, for a friendly discussion.

 

Member of the party group and vice director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, Wang Gongcheng, attended a meeting together.

 

The heads of the State Administration Office (Foreign Affairs Department), the Development Planning Department, China Tobacco, and China Tobacco International Limited attended the meeting.

 

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