During the 65438+60s, Wade was the China Secretary of the British Embassy in China. Witomar Pinyin was invented by him in 1868, which is convenient for foreigners to learn Chinese. Later, Witomar Pinyin had a great influence at home and abroad, and many place names and trademarks in China adopted this spelling method.

1958, after the promulgation of the scheme of modern Chinese pinyin in China, some time-honored brands and well-known brands still use Wittoma pinyin, and the state agreed to maintain the status quo, and the "Chinese" on China cigarette labels was proportional.

China cigarette trademark pinyin "CHUNGHWA" is Wittoma pinyin.