Formed January 1984 Headquarters Beijing Type of business National office | Website www.tobacco.gov.cn Founded January 1984 | |
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Jurisdiction State Council of the People's Republic of China Minister responsible Ling Chengxing (凌成兴), Director of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Parent department Ministry of Industry and Information Technology | ||
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (abbreviated as STMA) is a Chinese government agency responsible for enforcing the tobacco monopoly in China and has oversight over the China National Tobacco Corporation, which is the government owned corporation that has a virtual monopoly in serving the country's customer base of 350 million smokers, who consume 1.7 trillion cigarettes every year in China.
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State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA