Meeting between State Tobacco Administration and Philip Morris International CEO.

Sep.19.2024
Meeting between State Tobacco Administration and Philip Morris International CEO.
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration meets with Philip Morris International CEO for friendly talks in Beijing on September 19.

On September 19, Zhang Jianmin, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, and General Manager of China Tobacco Corporation, met with a delegation led by CEO of Philip Morris International (PMI), Jacek Olczak, in Beijing. The two parties held a friendly discussion.

 

Han Zhanwu, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the National Bureau, met with them together.

 

Officials from the State Council Office (Office of Foreign Affairs), Development Planning Department, Economic Operations Department, China Tobacco Sales Corporation, and China National Tobacco Corporation attended the meeting.

 

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