Meeting between STMAD and PMI President of China Strategic Cooperation

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May.21.2024
Meeting between STMAD and PMI President of China Strategic Cooperation
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration vice-director Wang Gongcheng met with PMI China strategic cooperation president Chen Jingyi in Beijing on May 21.

On May 21, Wang Gongcheng, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Administration of Tobacco Monopoly, met with a delegation led by Chen Jingyi, President of China Strategic Cooperation of Philip Morris International (PMI) in Beijing. The two sides held a friendly discussion.

 

Officials from the State Administration Office (Foreign Affairs Department), Development Planning Department, Economic Operations Department, China Tobacco Investment Management Company, and China Tobacco International Limited attended the meeting.

 

Source: Oriental Tobacco News

 

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