State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Meets with Representatives from British American Tobacco

May.27
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Meets with Representatives from British American Tobacco
On May 26, Wang Gongcheng, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, met in Beijing with BAT Management Board Member and Regional Director for Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Zhanoski. The two sides held friendly talks.

【2Firsts reprinted from the echinatobacco.com】On May 26, Wang Gongcheng, a member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, met with members of the Management Committee of British American Tobacco in Beijing. Di Zannouske, the President of the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa region, led the delegation, and the two sides held friendly discussions.

 

The heads of the State Council Office (Foreign Affairs Division), the Development Planning Division, China Tobacco Sales Corporation, and China Tobacco International Limited attended the meeting.

 

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