Before liberation, the cigarette market in China was almost completely occupied by Britain and America. After the birth of New China, the production of state-owned brand cigarettes was put on the agenda. As the birthplace of China's cigarette industry, Shanghai has undertaken this important task, taking the development of state-owned brand cigarettes as a political task. 1950, the upper navy management Committee took over China Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of the National Government, established the state-owned China Tobacco Company, and started the development of "Zhonghua" brand cigarettes. After careful study and evaluation, the company name happens to be Zhonghua, so it was named "Zhonghua".
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First, the trademark choice of China Tobacco
The trademark of China Tobacco was collected in Jiefang Daily and selected from the trademarks painted by the Secretary-General of East China Artists Association. The front of the trademark is Tiananmen Gate, with five characters of "Zhonghua brand cigarette" printed in the middle of the upper half and Dahua watch with base on the back of "Zhonghua brand cigarette" printed in the middle.
Second, the reason why cigarettes are expensive in China:
Zhonghua is the most famous cigarette factory among state-owned cigarette factories. Most importantly, "Zhonghua" cigarettes are very particular about the choice of tobacco materials. Usually, tobacco leaves are collected from 3-4 year-old tobacco plants. There are old leaves and young leaves on the tobacco leaves, and then take the middle leaves. Usually only 5 -7 pieces of a cut tobacco can meet the selection requirements of "Zhonghua" cigarettes, and after repeated screening, it becomes the real raw material. It is said that the tobacco used by Peony and Double Happiness is the tobacco left over from tobacco screening in China.
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