The number on Zhonghua cigarettes indicates the workshop and production line where Zhonghua cigarettes are produced. Now we no longer pay attention to the number, because the production line has changed.

The prefix 1.2.3 just represents the production workshop. The 3 workshop used to be responsible for producing products exclusively for China for national leaders.

The sales specifications of Zhonghua brands mainly include soft, hard Zhonghua and Zhonghua (5000), among which many retailers and consumers call them "1", "2" and "3" The first-class Chinese products only exist in the soft Chinese specification, and hard Chinese products are not distinguished.

China Cigarettes, referred to as "Zhonghua", is a cigarette brand founded in 1951. In 1952, China Tobacco Company was merged into Shanghai Tobacco Company. "Zhonghua" cigarettes conquered consumers with its unique taste and charm and won the It has won the reputation of China's No. 1 brand - National Tobacco.

Cigarette label patterns

Anyone who has a hobby of collecting cigarette labels knows that the content of the main pattern of the early "Chinese" cigarette labels and the current cigarette labels are roughly the same, but there are qualitative differences. . In the early "Zhonghua" cigarette labels, the Huabiao and Tiananmen Gate designs were painted freehand, so they were quite different from the real objects and appeared slightly chunky. The cigarette labels naturally also looked a bit rough. For this reason, the cigarette factory at that time On August 4, 1966, a special person was sent to Beijing to take pictures of the actual object at the Tiananmen Gate Tower with a very cumbersome camera at the time. The actual object in the photo was used as a reference blueprint for the design.

Several major changes in the "China" cigarette label can be divided into three stages:

First, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, "China" cigarette labels The gold stamped trademark on the label was changed to a hot stamping trademark. This change of the cigarette label undoubtedly took advantage of the hot stamping effect of the pattern, giving the entire cigarette label a new look and suddenly improving the brand image of "China".

Second, in 1994, the hot stamping printing was changed to the more advanced gravure printing, and the material of the cigarette labels was also changed from white cardboard to mounted aluminum paper. The original hot stamping and printing process was complex and manual, with low printing efficiency and unstable quality. It obviously did not meet the needs of the increasing output. After switching to gravure printing, the efficiency was greatly improved and the printing quality was also continuously improved. Therefore, at the time, the impact of this change was unprecedented. The above two changes in cigarette labels also reflect the development process of the tobacco printing industry.

Thirdly, in 1998, the cigarette factory gradually developed a variety of fancy cigarettes on the basis of the monotonous original varieties of fancy cigarettes, including some "Chinese" gift boxes, various drawer-type packaging, etc. for nearly 10 years. This variety gives consumers more choices and promotes the further development of the "Zhonghua" brand cigarette market.

The current ex-factory price of hard China is 187.2 yuan/item, the wholesale price is 370 yuan/item, and the retail price is 450 yuan/item (the price difference is 262.8 yuan/item). The ex-factory price of soft China is 241.02 yuan/item, wholesale The price is 530 yuan/item, and the retail price is 700 yuan/item (the price difference is 458.98 yuan/item).

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-China Tobacco