First place: sales area. For example, 0 represents the domestic tobacco version.

The second digit: the last digit of the year of production. For example, 7 represents production in 17 years.

The third and fourth digits: represent the production date. For example, production takes place on the 16th.

The fifth to eighth digits: represent production time. For example, 0546 is the packet packet at 5:46 in the morning.

The ninth digit: represents the workshop number. For example, 8 means 8 workshops.

The tenth position: represents the production shift. For example, 1 is class 1.

The eleventh and twelfth digits: represent the vehicle number. For example, 12 means 12 lathes for production.

Cigarette label patterns:

Several major changes in "Chinese" cigarette labels can be divided into two stages:

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

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 printing process was complex and manual, with low printing efficiency and unstable quality. It obviously did not meet the growing needs of production.