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More than 50,000 visitors, 1,500 brand owners, and 350 domestic and foreign media from 45 countries participated in the expo.

Nowadays, various types of innovative cigarettes have kept coming on to the market. Under the strong lead of the Chunghwa brand, medium-sized cigarettes have gradually come into public view, trendsetting the industry’s next tide.

As integration between the internet and traditional industries goes deeper leading to new forms of business, the tobacco industry in China is actively embracing the so-called era of “internet plus.”

As major Chinese cities tighten up regulations on cigarette smoking in public places, Chinese electronic cigarette manufacturers – which supply the lion’s share of the product to global markets – now look at their own home market for increased sales.

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Chinese news media played up public concerns about hazards of cigarette smoking in reporting results of a recent research report.

E-cigarettes continue to grow in popularity with users around the world. While the popularity of e-cigarettes in Asia has not reached levels as high as in the US or in Europe, there has been a definite upswing.

Amid a slowdown in the development of Chinese economy, the tobacco industry is stepping up structural reform in line with central government planning.

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The tobacco industry in China’s Yunnan Province is in a process of technological transformation intended to implement new best practices of smart manufacturing within the context of in-depth integration of IT technologies and industrial productivity.

The average income of rural Achang residents is much lower than the Chinese national poverty standard. Recently, the central government of the PRC promoted a plan to eliminate poverty for this minority people.

Electronic cigarettes manufacturing in China is set for growth through development of both the domestic market and self-owned competitive brands as leading tobacco giants are rushing to design new types of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes.

The tobacco industry in China may have entered unprecedented hard times in operation and business development, characterized by sales decline, excessive inventories, low tax generation, low profits, and hasty adoption of regulatory measures.

China will make laws on environmental protection tax, tonnage tax and tobacco leaf tax this year, according to the recently released annual work report of the country’s top legislature.

With China being the country where the e-cigarette was invented, the rest of Asia has a somewhat confused relationship with electronic smoking devices as far as legislation is concerned. TOBACCO ASIA takes a closer look at e-smoking regulations.

As a result of technological upgrades and brand innovations over the past two years, five increasingly distinct major trends dominate the Chinese market.

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